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Semantic modeling of object-oriented hypermedia databases

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Human-Computer Interaction (EWHCI 1995)

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This paper describes an object-oriented approach to semantic modeling in hypermedia. A new object-oriented hypermedia data model, the HM Data Model, is used to illustrate the discussion.

At the logical level, the HM Data Model defines data structures, operations on instances of these structures, and an additional dimension of navigation orthogonal to the traditional plane of link-based browsing.

At the semantic level, the HM Data Model defines domain-specific categories, which form a conceptual schema for hypermedia data. Categories are purpose-oriented behavioural abstractions rather than purely structural abstractions as in other models. A category defines intelligent, domain-specific behaviour for instances of the category.

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  1. Institute for Information Processing and Computer Supported New Media, Graz University of Technology, Schieszstattgasse 4a, A-8010, Austria

    Keith Andrews, Hermann Maurer & Nick Scherbakov

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Andrews, K., Maurer, H., Scherbakov, N. (1995). Semantic modeling of object-oriented hypermedia databases. In: Blumenthal, B., Gornostaev, J., Unger, C. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. EWHCI 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1015. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-60614-9_9

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