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In Search of a User Base: Where Are the B’s?

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Research in the open hypermedia systems area has been ongoing for the past several years. In spite of the research progress that has been made in the field, however, open hypermedia systems in general have yet to develop a large and substantial user base. This situation is particularly conspicuous when considering the increasing popularity of similar “B-level” technologies such as object management frameworks. The range of factors contributing to the missing user base of open hypermedia systems includes potential problems with standards, publicity, and the WWW. In spite of these limiting factors, however, new research trends in the open hypermedia systems area such as structural computing offer capabilities that might be exploited in order to more clearly and effectively communicate the advantages of the open hypermedia approach to potential users of the technology.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Aalborg University Esbjerg, Niels Bohrs Vej 8, 6700, Esbjerg, Denmark

    David L. Hicks

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    Peter J. Nürnberg

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Hicks, D.L. (2003). In Search of a User Base: Where Are the B’s?. In: Nürnberg, P.J. (eds) Metainformatics. MIS 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2641. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44872-1_12

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