HELP! * GREY=local LOCAL HTML version of Foils prepared November 1 1995

Foil 15 InfoVision - Text or Image Information on Demand

From Discussion of NII for Real World -- Education Medicine Journalism Presentation to University Trustee Spouses -- November 3,1995. by Geoffrey C. Fox * See also color IMAGE
Can store Books Newspapers Encyclopedias Photo Archives etc. as full text (cf: Microsoft Encarta CD)
Rather than keyword or abstract searches, search full text for say all newspaper articles with words Syracuse Bargain Price Twizzlers
    • in same paragraph
Digital Library
  • Integrate sophisticated full text front end with backend video, imagery and simulation
  • Example is Kidsweb where images labelled with text
Sophisticated Examples at NPAC include
  • Major commercial Information source -- Newsbank and
  • informal "chat" from USENET news groups -- messages exchanged between experts
  • And 1000 page book on advanced technology (written by me)

Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University, npac@npac.syr.edu

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