Xref: utzoo ont.events:1318 uw.talks:32 uw.cs.grad:33 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!maytag!water!wlrush From: wlrush@water.waterloo.edu (Wenchantress Wench Wendall) Newsgroups: ont.events,uw.talks,uw.cs.grad Subject: MASTER'S THESIS PRESENTATION Keywords: Suzanne M. Potvin, graduate student, Message-ID: <2673@water.waterloo.edu> Date: 28 Sep 89 12:52:44 GMT Distribution: ont Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 45 Dept. of Computer Science, will speak on ``Hypermedia Document Information Based Retrieval Applications.'' DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO SEMINAR ACTIVITIES MASTER'S THESIS PRESENTATION -Thursday, October 5, 1989 Suzanne M. Potvin, graduate student, Dept. of Computer Science, will speak on ``Hypermedia Document Information Based Retrieval Application.'' TIME: 10:30 p.m. ROOM: DC 3540 ABSTRACT Hypermedia systems emphasize text and graphical information and provide interactive interfaces for browsing and editing information concepts. However, most hypermedia systems do not provide adequate query mechanisms. In this presentation, we present a specification and a prototype implementation of a hypermedia document-based information retrieval application (HyDIRA). This application combines the advantages of both hypertext and document management systems, and minimizes disadvantages related to present hypertext systems. The prototype version that has been implemented demonstrates the feasibility of the goals and functionality provided by HyDIRA. The document model used resembles the ODA/ODIF object- oriented standard for Office Document Architectures (although it is limited). We will present some first feedback on how the ODA/ODIF standard could be extended to support hypertext/hypermedia applications in an integrated and uniform manner.