Applications

Many existing information management systems that try to capture relationships between real world entities are not able to express them completely due to limitations in their structure and information retrieval techniques. The hypermedia paradigm provides a new and improved approach to developing complex information management systems in order to increase their effectiveness and usage. In this chapter, we review some of the applications based on the concept of hypermedia.

Table of Contents

1. Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Manuals, Handbooks, and Online Documents
2. Learning Systems, Museum Exhibits, and Interactive Kiosks
3. Idea Processing
4. Collaborative Work and Computer Mediated Communications
5. Decision Support Systems and Issue Based Information Systems
6. Software Engineering
7. Other Applications
8. Summary