Abstract * Foil Index for this file
Given by Geoffrey C. Fox at Annual Meeting at Goethe House on 22 May 1996. Foils prepared 21 May 1996
Abstract * Foil Index for this file
| We discuss current Web with its emerging WebWindows environment |
| We view Goethe-Institut as an "Enterprise" which can be supported by an IntraNet optimized for needs of the society. |
| We discuss role of databases to store multimedia information with collaborative systems to link participants in Goethe programs |
| We mention Java JavaScript VRML Digital Audio/Video and Web-linked databases as key enabling technologies |
| Training in these technologies will be available on the Web itself |
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| http://www.npac.syr.edu/users/gcf/goethe/index.html |
| Annual Meeting of Goethe-Institut in North America |
| German Cultural Center |
| Goethe House May 22 1996 |
| Geoffrey Fox |
| NPAC |
| Syracuse University |
| 111 College Place |
| Syracuse NY 13244-4100 |
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| We discuss current Web with its emerging WebWindows environment |
| We view Goethe-Institut as an "Enterprise" which can be supported by an IntraNet optimized for needs of the society. |
| We discuss role of databases to store multimedia information with collaborative systems to link participants in Goethe programs |
| We mention Java JavaScript VRML Digital Audio/Video and Web-linked databases as key enabling technologies |
| Training in these technologies will be available on the Web itself |
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NII is/will be digital superhighway provided to you by
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| Current NII is InterNet and World Wide Web but IntraNets are rapidly becoming most important deployment |
| Currently access NII through Internet directly or through an intermediary such as America On-line |
| Currently consumers use a Computer and modem on POTS -- plain old telephone service |
| In future Computers/TV set sets will "converge" and access will be dedicated cable/optical fiber which will be much faster and allow high quality video delivery (ISDN, ADLS or Cable Modem) |
| "Every" Business Office, Every doctor's Office, "Every" school desk, "Every" home (approximately any home on cable) will have such a two-way high speed link to the NII |
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| I expect Java to be the the dominant implementation language for everything on the Web from Servers, Clients, MOO's, filters, Animations, Simulations etc. |
| MOO's are example of customized Collaboratories where on builds Java servers and Clients |
Can build neat clickable images including Visible Human (biology education which won prize in Java Cup) and our 2D "Interactive Journey" clickable Geographical Information System for New York State
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| Java could perhaps implement translation and other online services |
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VRML is Very good 3D GIS (Geographical Information System) technology and can be used to generate on the Web, German countryside with other information superimposed
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VRML is currently and perhaps intrinsically (numbers ascii) inefficient and Java is alternative / augmentation technology
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VRML 2.0 will allow one to produce collaborative televirtual environments where user is immersed in a computer generated world
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| We have Postal Services, electronic mail/newsgroups/listservs which generalize to web linked database supported mail archives with suitable JavaScript framework |
| We have Phone which generalizes to Chat Servers and Forums where "mail" (lines of chat) are in real time but logically equivalent to mail services |
Video Conferencing/Face to Face Meetings map into a set of interactive tools
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These need digital video, Java Servers and clients etc.
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| Can have intutitive metaphors e.g. separate rooms in a Java Applet |
| or the full (soon to be VRML 2.0) Televirtual Environment as provided by several experimental servers with many users in a realistic simulated world |
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Store information in databases and NOT Web Pages
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You can use structured databases such as Oracle to store resource data such as Glossaries in an organized fashion
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| Can also store unstructured information as illustrated by Usenet computer and other relevant newsgroups |
| Use the powerful Search engines with domain (i.e. particular courses) specific keywords . These can be attached to commercial (e.,g. altavista) or inhouse Web Search sites so search confined to subset of curricula material |
| Object databases can be very useful for VRML and other data which is naturally of this form such as images and output of simulations |
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Original Form of Data is mapped in batch or real time and stored in a database. This can be
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| HTML VRML etc. is NOT natural storage format -- rather it is universal display format! |
| Local Client formatting to (HTML,VRML) needed for standard browser display standards |
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Clearly digital audio and video supports the type of collaborative environments needed for cultural exchange
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Digital video (in fashion similar to VRML 2.0) can be annotated to provide much more interactive version of classic documentaries
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| Digital Audio and Video is currently less than 5% of web data but eventually it will be dominant (95%) form of digital information and serving will be major Web activity. |
Broad distribution requires ISDN-ATM speeds but can deliver from local WebServers as only needs Ethernet or less for each client
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| In our Living SchoolBook K-12 Experimental Resource, Spanish teachers were interested in Foreign Language (in this case Latin America) digital video so that they can engage student's interest by using today's news material in a foreign language |
The Digital Information delivery has no fixed number of channels and so one should be able of offer customized services
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| There are some cases where JavaScript is a rapid prototyping alternative to Java (Java can in principle do anything!) |
| Current use (demonstrated in WebWisdom) is for customized display's of information where base information, simulations, audio(video), and indices can be linked in a friendly fashion. |
| Syracuse is extending to a set of WebTools (originally developed as Server CGI scripts) with which you can build customized front-ends with user defined configurations choosing between type of access (administrator and naive user would be different) and display capabilities (resolution, color) of terminal |
| Note client side and so fast even though interpreted |
| However does not yet have (but needs) text processing capabilities of Perl |