Interactive Information Services Using World-Wide Web Hypertext
Steve Putz
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
3333 Coyote Hill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA
putz@parc.xerox.com
Most World-Wide Web information servers provide simple browsing access
to collections of static text or hypertext files. This paper describes
some interactive World-Wide Web servers that produce information
displays and documents dynamically rather than just providing access to
static files. The PARC Map Viewer uses a geographic database to create
and display maps of any part of the world on demand. The Digital
Tradition folk music server provides access to a large database of song
lyrics and melodies. These applications take advantage of the
multimedia capabilities of World-Wide Web to deliver graphical and
audio content as well as formatted text. Hypertext links are used not
only for navigation, but also for setting search and presentation
parameters. In these applications the HTML format and the HTTP
protocol are used like a user interface tool kit to provide not only
document retrieval but a complete custom user interface specialized for
the application.
Prepared for the First International Conference on World-Wide Web,
May 25-27, 1994 in Geneva, Switzerland.
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