A User-Configurable Hypermedia-Based Interface Via the Functional Model of the Link
Janet Verbyla, Helen Ashman · New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia · 1994
Hypermedia management systems often make use of database management systems for the persistent storage of links and of the linked information components. In this paper, we argue that a hypermedia management system with its support for reader-directed navigation provides an attractive type of database system interface in that it facilitates ease of database access or more specifically, of locating (‘discovering’) relevant information.Furthermore, our approach to hypermedia management, based on the Functional Model of the link, provides for extensive user-configurability of that interface. This configurability particularly applies to fully dynamic links, which free the user from much of the link creation and maintenance duties.A prototype system incorporating this approach is overviewed in this paper.