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Peer reviewedWilliams, Martha E. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1986
Provides overview of design requirements for transparent information retrieval (implies that user sees through complexity of retrieval activities sequence). Highlights include need for transparent systems; history of transparent retrieval research; information retrieval functions (automated converters, routers, selectors, evaluators/analyzers);…
Descriptors: Databases, Design Requirements, History, Information Systems
Warren, John – 1989
This paper presents background information about the development and functions of hypertext and predicts future changes in converting text into hypertext. The paper describes hypertext as a computer system that allows the interconnection of information in a way that is "transparent" (does not intrude on or interfere with the reader's…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Computers, Context Clues, Databases
