HELP! * GREEN=global GREY=local Global HTML version of Foils prepared December 2,95

Foil 15 What is Natural Information Unit -- II?

From Technologies and Issues for Virtual University HPDC95/SC95 Tutorials -- August 1/Dec 4 1995. by Geoffrey C. Fox * See also color IMAGE

These Web modules (Encyclopedia Galactica articles) are produced by multiple authors and one can have several different descriptions of a given subject
Note Presentations are not hyperlinked but they are built around a small unit of information -- the page with just a few items on it.
  • Font Size and hence information content per page limited by projection screen technology.
Thus electronic presentations can be expected to be important
  • Note a typical HTML page on Web has more characters in it than a typical presentation page -- which is correct?
  • What is right "size" for information nuggets?


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