Digital architectures: a rhetoric of electronic document structures

Author

Heba, Gary

Author_Institution

Sci. & Tech. Commun. Program, Bowling Green State Univ., OH, USA

Volume

40

Issue

4

fYear

1997

fDate

12/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

275

Lastpage

283

Abstract

As multimedia communication continues to grow, online technologies have dramatically changed the ways we use and present information-so much so, that we need new theories and models for understanding how technology and content are related in the new communication environment. The paper presents a theory of digital architecture, explains how SGML, HTML, and information architectures are related in the creation of a new online literacy and rhetoric, and discusses concepts, skills, and resources needed for educating tomorrow´s technical communicators

Keywords

multimedia communication; multimedia computing; page description languages; technical presentation; word processing; HTML; SGML; communication environment; digital architectures; electronic document structures; information architectures; multimedia communication; online literacy; online technologies; rhetoric; technical communicators; Computer architecture; Computer interfaces; Computer networks; Distributed computing; HTML; Markup languages; Professional communication; Rhetoric; SGML; Typesetting;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0361-1434

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/47.650005

Filename

650005