CS4624 StudyQuestions - Hypermedia


How does the fact that IRIS' Intermedia system keeps link information separate from documents relate to the fact that they developed their own applications for editing various media types?

Why do some hypermedia systems use a database management system? Name one such system. How does a DBMS help with management of links?

What are the layers and interfaces that are the focus of the Dexter model?

What data structures are called for in the Dexter and Amsterdam models?

What types of composites are supported in the Dexter and Amsterdam models? Why? How?

What hypermedia model(s) deal(s) with issues of links and their relationship to multimedia streams and their synchronization? How?

Why does HyTime provide such extensive coverage of dimensions, measures, and units in connection with links and anchors?

How does SGML relate to interchange of hypertext and/or hypermedia information collections?


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