Hypermedia/Time-based Structuring Language (HyTime)

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Hypermedia/Time-based Structuring Language
(HyTime)

• CS 525 Project
• Shin Nam

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Introduction

• Quick Overview
• Misconceptions
• Detailed Information
• Benefits/Drawbacks
• Real Application Examples
• Small Sample

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What is HyTime?

• HyTime is a way to represent hypertext,
  multimedia, hypermedia, and time-based documents
  in a standard format
• HyTime is a markup language that extends Standard
  Generalized Markup Language (SGML)

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Misconceptions of HyTime

• HyTime is not an application program
• HyTime is not a document architecture

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More Information about HyTime

• HyTime provides standards for specifying
  interconnections within or between documents and
  other information objects.
• HyTime also provides standards for scheduling
  multimedia information in time and space.
• Why are these functionalities important?

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HyTime Modules

• Base module
• Location address module
• Hyperlink module
• Scheduling module
• Rendition module

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Benefits of HyTime

• HyTime is a hypermedia representation standard
  that is application independent
• HyTime is an international standard
• HyTime can aid in tying repositories of documents
  together

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Limitations/Drawbacks of HyTime

• Lack of products that support SGML/HyTime
• Lack of built in default structure
• Rendering can be problematic

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Real Applications of HyTime

• Defense sector the Department of Defense use
  for Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals
  (IETMs)
• Corporate use the Pinnacles Initiative and
  corporate internal use
• Standard Music Description Language (SMDL)

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Example using HyTime
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Conclusion

• What HyTime is
• Benefits and Limitations
• Applications of HyTime

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References

• Newcomb, Steven R. Multimedia Interchange Using
  SGML/HyTime Part I Structures, IEEE, 1995.
• Newcomb, Steven R. Multimedia Interchange Using
  SGML/HyTime Part II Principles and
  Applications, IEEE, 1995.
• Goldfarb, Charles F. HyTime A Standard for
  Structured Hypermedia Interchange, IBM Almaden
  Research Center, 1991.
• Newcomb, Steven R., Kipp, Neill A., Newcomb,
  Victoria T. The HyTime Hypermedia/Time-based
  Document Structuring Language, Communications of
  the ACM, 1991.
• Carr, L. A., Barron, D. W., Davis, H. C., and
  Hall, W. Why use HyTime?, University of
  Nottingham, 1994.
• Information technology Hypermedia/Time-based
  Structuring Language (HyTime), Internal
  Organization for Standardization, 1997.
• Buford, John F., Evaluating HyTime An
  Examination and Implementation Experience, ACM,
  1996.