Reflections on notecards: Seven issues for the next generation of hypermedia systems

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1988, Pages 836-852

  Halasz, Frank G ^a  

^a Microelectronics Computer Technology Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative work; hypermedia; hypertext

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DATABASE SYSTEMS;

HYPERMEDIA SYSTEM; HYPERTEXT; NOTECARDS;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 0024036305     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/48511.48514     Document Type: Article

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