Industrial strength hypermedia
Kathryn C. Malcolm, Steven E. Poltrock, Douglas Schuler · 1991
Current hypermedia tools do not support the needs of collaborative work groups in distributed heterogeneous environments and cannot be integrated into the existing and planned computing environments at large enterprises like Boeing.It is in meeting these needs, however, that hypermedia could make its greatest impact.Hypermedia systems must evolve beyond their current standalone status into a technology that is truly integrative.We use a description of some current hypermedia projecs and a representative future scenario to help identify technical requirements and strategies for developing and deploying hypermedia that is of sufficient "industrial strength" to support a large engineering enterprise.This paper is addressed to hypermedia researchers and developers as well as to our colleagues in other business and engineering organizations.The intent of this paper is to remind both the research and development communities of the urgent, "real-world needs that exist and to encourage dialogue between the two worlds.