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In the course we will explore basic concepts, history, and current state of the art of hypermedia and multimedia systems. Readings will include landmark papers by Vannevar Bush, Doug Engelbart, and Ted Nelson who coined the ideas of what we know as hypermedia and multimedia today. We will read about some of the early groundbreaking multi/hypermedia systems (e.g. Augment, Xanadu, ZOG, Intermedia, NoteCards, KMS). We will look into current developments in hypermedia and multimedia on the Internet (e.g. WWW, Java, VRML, Hyper-G and MBONE). Finally, we will focus on current research in cooperative and open hypermedia (e.g. DEVISE Hypermedia, MicroCosm, SEPIA). It is possible for course participants to get hands-on experience with several of the systems being discussed.
The course will be organized around a kernel of mandatory papers, but there will also be room for a selection of special topics depending on the interests of the class, e.g.: hypermedia process and data models; multi/hypermedia database issues; multi/hypermedia user interfaces; cooperation support; Virtual Reality aspects; problems of browsing and searching large hypermedia structures; multimedia document models (e.g. SGML/HyTime, OLE2, OpenDoc); multi/hypermedia rhetoric and production; specific application domains of multi/hypermedia (e.g. engineering, education, medicine, system development or engineering).
Lecturer
Kaj Grønbæk
Course Material
Papers