Frontiers in Conceptual Navigation

This paper was prepared for a lecture at a recent meeting of the German Chapter of ISKO devoted to Wissensorganisation mit Multimedialen Techniken [Knowledge Organization with Multimedia Techniques], (Berlin, October 1997), the proceedings of which will contain an abridged version. Recent advances in technology assume a separation of content and presentation with respect to data structures. In terms of access, however, there are important reasons for relating content and presentation (different views, perspectives). The paper outlines some fundamental concepts underlying a prototype for a System for Universal Media Searching (SUMS), namely, learning filters, and knowledge contexts, levels of knowledge, questions as strategy: purpose as orientation; media choices, quality, quantity, questions, space using maps and projections; multitemporal views and integrating tools. It foresees how such a system, linked with the equivalent of a digital reference room, will provide the basis for a Sy...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1997
• Where: ISKO
• Authors: Kim H. Veltman
• Keywords: ISKO 1997, Mit Multimedialen Techniken, Three-dimensional Interfaces, Universal Multimedia Access