Aslib Proceedings: Volume 45 Issue 4

Creating hypertext documents: is it worth the effort?

Duncan Langford, Peter Brown

Producing an effective hyperdocument requires considerable work and a surprising diversity of skills. In addition to being good writers, the authors should have abilities in…

The need for business information refineries

Jan Wyllie

This paper will argue that current attempts at making systems user‐friendly for businessmen and the public at large are doomed to failure because they do not deal with the key…

Virtual documents — the past, the present and some standards for the future

Simon Johnson

Virtual documents have become a reality with the widespread use of the technology available. This paper considers the impact of the concepts involved in virtual documents in the…

Data integration in a GIS — the question of data quality

S.A. John

As Geographical Information System (GIS) databases have become progressively larger and more complex, and increasingly unconstrained by traditional geographical boundaries, data…