Rememberit is

1988

Information Sharing Project

Taking advantage of:

New technology for interconnecting PCs,

Modern storage capacities 100MB,

High-resolution video displays (SVGA)

Enabling:

Easy Access to Large amounts of inter-

related data in a user-friendly form.

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Desktop Workstations

Current Technology

Vast amounts of data in the form of shared files can be kept on the file server.

Users can access that data, but must first copy file to/from own workstation,

Then view file using normal application (e.g. WordStar, 1-2-3, etc.)

Makes viewing multiple related files very tedious and time-consuming.

Proposed Solution

Users create normal text files in the normal way, but add extra little nuggets of linkage information.

Workstations run special program that retrieves and displays these files, interpreting the little nuggets instead of displaying them as plain text.

Sample File

My Report on tin.

Tin is a soft silvery metallic element

which can be found in the Periodic

table[linkto=d:\chem\periodic.txt]. It

has been known and used since ancient

times; the extremely famous Roman emperor

Bob[linkto=d:\biogs\roman\bob.txt] had

an entire zoo of tin lions which was

famous throughout the ancient world. In

This is how it would be viewedFILE: d:\users\sratbag\CHM101\tin.txt

This is my report on tin.

Tin is a soft silvery metallic element

which can be found in the Periodic

Table . It has been known and used since

ancient times; the extremely famous Roman

emperor Bob had an entire zoo of tin

lions which was famous throughout the

ancient world. In Mesopotamia, the Dalai

Lama bathed in a bath of tin milk every

day in order to keep his youthful figure,

After moving the mouse to the first and clicking…

FILE: d:\chem\periodic.txt

Periodic Table of Elements

1 H Hydrogen gas electrolysis of water

2 He Helium gas sucked from ballons

3 Li Lithium met electrolysis of lepi..

4 Be Berylium met fermentation of berries

5 B Boron sld processing mined bora..

6 C Carbon sld pressing coal

7 N Nitrogen gas distilled from air

8 O Oxygen gas distilled from air

9 F Fluorine gas evaporating floor wax

Future Extensions

There is a format for digitised pictures, called GIF (Graphics Interchange Format). It should be possible to embed pictures inside files and have them seamlessly displayed.

The “linkage nuggets” could be extended to also include formatting commands, such as justifying text, changing font size, arraying data in columns, etc.

Possible Future Sample File

[centre][bold]Report on tin[normal]

[picture=d:\chem\tin.gif][newline]

Tin is a soft silvery metallic element

which can be found in the Periodic

Table[linkto=d:\chem\periodic.txt]. It

has been known and used since ancient

times; the extremely famous Roman emperor

Bob[linkto=d:\biogs\roman\bob.txt] had

an entire zoo of tin lions which was

famous throughout the ancient world. In

This is my report on tin.

Tin is a soft silvery metallic element

which can be found in the Periodic

Table . It has been known and used since

ancient times; the extremely famous Roman

emperor Bob had an entire zoo of tin

lions which was famous throughout the

FILE: d:\users\sratbag\CHM101\tin.txt

The End.