Internet Research

Kappe, Frank; Pani, Gerald; Schnabel, Florian

1993 Internet Research

doi: 10.1108/EUM0000000003762

Proposes how a global Hypermedia system could evolve from theHyperG system, currently being developed at GrazUniversity. Overviews the development of Internet from postwarvisionary speculation to present. Explains some limitations of thecurrent architecture World Wide Web, Gopher, WAIS. Presents in detailthe architecture of a massively distributed hypermedia system. Explainshow the proposed system would be much faster, overcoming such problemsas documents being oriented by location rather than by subject. Suggestspossible applications.

Cook, Gordon

1993 Internet Research

doi: 10.1108/EUM0000000003761

Offers advice to the ClintonGore administration on how best toimprove the confusion surrounding the development of the Internet.Chronicles major events in the development of NSFnet 19891992. Givespolitical background and offers comments. Claims privatization wasunplanned and flawed. Voices suspicion about the motives of largecorporations, claiming that the best interests of allAmericans are served by governmental supervision of the Internet.Acrimonious acronyms abound.

Benford, Steve; Bullock, Adrian; Harvey, Paul; Howidy, Howidy; Shepherd, Alan; Smith, Hugh

1993 Internet Research

doi: 10.1108/EUM0000000003763

Describes the Grace Project, its goals and scope. The aim of Graceis to build distributed group communications tools within an OpenSystems Interconnection OSI networking environment. Grace provides thefoundations for a globally distributed system for cooperative workingbased on information sharing within activity and organizational domains.Introduces a conceptual model of group communications derived fromanalysing sample activities. Outlines architecture of Grace and explainsthe use of existing OSI services. Examines two prototype activities aHelp desk in detail and Computer Conferencing in outline. Discusses theimplications of trying to control the access to the above type of tools.Briefly describes the status of group communications standardization.

Dillon, Martin; Jul, Erik; Burge, Mark; Hickey, Carol

1993 Internet Research

doi: 10.1108/EUM0000000003765

Reports on a project to first, provide an empirical analysis oftextual information on the Internet second, to test the suitability ofcataloguing rules and record formats governing the creation ofmachinereadable cataloguing records and third, develop recommendationsthat would assist the efforts of standards bodies and others interestedin systematically cataloguing or otherwise describing and providingaccess to electronic information objects available through remotenetwork access. Provides summary tables regarding the growth of theInternet and its traffic, together with file types. Concludes first,that machine readable cataloguing records should be created second, theeffectiveness of records created for providing description and accessinformation should be monitored and third, cataloguing rules andformats should be extended to include interactive network systems andservices.

Ruth, Stephen R.; Gouet, Raul

1993 Internet Research

doi: 10.1108/EUM0000000003764

Takes a detailed view of the scientific community in Chileregarding network implementation and use. Argues that since Chile hasmany characteristics in common with other nations in this regard, themethodology is replicable elsewhere. Makes generalizations based on astatistically significant sample of scientific network users, under suchheadings as research discipline, education level, computer access andother variables. Develops hypotheses using the literature of ComputerMediated Communication Systems CMCS. Discusses the potential of usingthe current methodology as well as the insights of previous CMCS to givebetter information in the planning process for research networks of allkinds.