Title :
HIFI: Hypertext interface for information systems
Author :
Cavallaro, Umberto ; Garzotto, Franca ; Paolini, Paolo ; Totaro, Domenico
Author_Institution :
Systems & Management, Torino, Ont., Italy
Abstract :
HIFI is one of the Esprit III information-processing system and software projects. The goal of HIFI is to create a set of tools that can be used to cheaply and quickly build a hypertext-like interface on top of an external database-information system. The interface provides interactive navigational access to information both within a database of one kind and across databases of different kinds, including multimedia. HIFI´s model for the navigational interface, mapping strategy to map the interface model to database structures, and architecture for the execution tools are discussed.<>
Keywords :
database management systems; hypermedia; information systems; research initiatives; user interfaces; Esprit III; HIFI; database; execution tools; hypertext-like interface; information systems; information-processing system; interactive navigational access; mapping strategy; multimedia; software projects; Database languages; Database systems; Information systems; Multimedia databases; Navigation; Object oriented databases; Relational databases;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
