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However entertaining it might be presented to you, underlying every multimedia presentation there is an information space. That is to say, irrespective of the medium, there is a message. And being confronted with a message, we might want to inquire for more information.

In this chapter, we will define the notion of information space more precisely.

We will extend this definition to include information hyperspaces, by looking at the history of hypertext and hypermedia.

Finally, we will discuss visualisation as a means to present (abstract) information in a more intuitive way, and we will reflect on what is involved in creating compelling multimedia.

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(*) What factors play a role in the development of multimedia information systems? What research issues are there? When do you expect the major problems to be solved?

concepts

Define the notion of information spaces?
Indicate how multimedia objects may be placed (and queried for) in an information (hyper) space?
Characterize the notion of hypermedia.

technology

Discuss which developments make a large scale application of multimedia information systems possible.
Give a characterization of an object, a query and a clue in an information space.
Describe the Dexter Hypertext Reference Model.
Give a description of the Amsterdam Hypermedia Model.

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