Integrating Internet Resource Discovery Services with Open Hypermedia Systems

Description/Abstract

Over the past few years the number of people accessing the Internet and the quantity and variety of resources available through this medium has increased dramatically. To enable easier access to these information stores systems have been developed to partially automate the location and retrieval of any required part of this data reserve. These utilities can, at present, be used in conjunction with existing hypermedia systems as peripheral parts rather than as an integrated item. This paper will discuss these systems and investigate methods by which they can be used, and how they may increase the effectiveness of hypermedia systems, such as Microcosm, if they can be made an integral part of such software environments.