Keynote given at RCIS 2019, 13th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, Brussels, Belgium, May 2019
ABSTRACT: The efficient management and retrieval of information via dedicated devices and data structures has been investigated since the early days of Vannevar Bush's seminal article As We May Think introducing the Memex. However, nowadays information is usually fragmented across different media types, devices as well as digital and physical environments, and we are often struggling to retrieve specific information. We discuss three main issues to be addressed when developing solutions for managing information in these co-called cross-media information spaces. First, we have a look at an extensible cross-media linking solution based on the resource-selector-link (RSL) hypermedia metamodel where information can be integrated across applications, devices as well as digital and physical information environments. We then outline some of the limitations of existing digital document formats which are often just a simulation of paper documents and their affordances on desktop computers, and discuss more flexible document representations for cross-media information spaces. Further, new forms of human-information interaction and cross-media user interfaces—including some recent work on dynamic data physicalisation—are discussed. A number of research artefacts are used to illustrate different aspects of the presented data-centric approach for cross-media information spaces and architectures. Last but not least, we provide an outlook on how the embedding of the presented concepts at the level of an operating system might ultimately lead to new possibilities for cross-media information management and innovative forms of human-information interaction.
Paper: https://www.academia.edu/40139780/Towards_Cross_Media_Information_Spaces_and_Architectures
Towards Cross-Media Information Spaces and Architectures
1. 2 December 2005
Towards Cross-Media Information Spaces
and Architectures
Prof. Beat Signer
beatsigner.com
Web & Information Systems Engineering Lab
Department of Computer Science
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
2. "As We May Think" (1945)
Memex
memory extender
information retrieval
associative trails
trail blazers
information overload
8. RSL Metamodel and Link Service
Beat Signer and Moira C. Norrie,
As We May Link: A General Metamodel
for Hypermedia Systems, Proceedings of
ER 2007, November 2007
15. What is Wrong with Digital Documents?
Most people don't understand the logic of the concept:
"What You See Is What You Get" is based on printing
the document out ("get" means "get WHEN YOU
PRINT IT OUT"). And that means a metaphysical shift:
a document can only consist of what can be printed!
[...] No overlays [...] – PAPER UNDER GLASS.
Ted Nelson, Geeks Bearing Gifts: How the Computer World Got This Way, Mindful Press 2009
Existing document formats often based on
the simulation of paper affordances
on desktop computers
16. What is Wrong with Slideware?
Simulation of physical slides
limited space due to slide concept
linear navigation
monolithic documents
difficult to reuse content and embed rich media types
17. MindXpres Presentation Platform
Flexible representation
of presentations
use of structural RSL links
separation of content and
structure
Extensible platform
content-based approach
cross-media content reuse
non-linear navigation and
zoomable user interface
associative linking
rich media types
Reinout Roels
20. Different context-dependent
adaptive overlay structures on top
of (parts of) content
Clear separation between content
and structure enables cross-media
content reuse (transclusion)
25. Adaptive Distributed Hybrid User Interfaces
Audrey Sanctorum and Beat Signer,
A Unifying Reference Framework and
Model for Adaptive Distributed Hybrid
User Interfaces, Proceedings of
RCIS 2019, May 2019
Audrey Sanctorum
eSPACE reference
framework and model
29. "Operating System" of the Future
RSL-based Hypermedia Engine
…
Legacy Applications
File System Driver
Hypermedia-enabled Applications
RCIS2019.docx
RCIS2019.docx
30. References
B. Signer, Fundamental Concepts for
Interactive Paper and Cross-Media Information
Spaces, Second Edition, ISBN 978-3-8370-2713-6,
August 2017
B. Signer and M.C. Norrie, As We May Link: A General
Metamodel for Hypermedia Systems, Proceedings of ER
2007, 26th International Conference on Conceptual
Modeling, Auckland, New Zealand, November 2007
http://beatsigner.com/publications/signer_ER2007.pdf
31. References ...
B. Signer, What is Wrong with Digital
Documents? A Conceptual Model for Structural Cross-
Media Content Composition and Reuse, Proceedings of
the 29th International Conference on Conceptual Mod-
eling (ER 2010), Vancouver, Canada, November 2010
http://beatsigner.com/publications/signer_ER2010.pdf
R. Roels and B. Signer, A Conceptual Framework and
Content Model for Next Generation Presentation
Solutions, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer
Interaction (PACMHCI), 2019
http://beatsigner.com/publications/sanctorum_RCIS2019.pdf
32. References ...
S. Trullemans, A. Sanctorum and B. Signer,
PimVis: Exploring and Re-finding Documents in Cross-
Media Information Spaces, Proceedings of AVI 2016,
International Working Conference on Advanced Visual
Interfaces, Bari, Italy, June 2016
http://beatsigner.com/publications/trullemans_AVI2016.pdf
B. Dumas, B. Moerman, S. Trullemans and B. Signer,
ArtVis: Combining Advanced Visualisation and Tangible
Interaction for the Exploration, Analysis and Browsing of
Digital Artwork Collections, Proceedings of AVI 2014,
Como, Italy, May 2014
http://beatsigner.com/publications/dumas_AVI2014.pdf
33. References ...
B. Signer and T.J. Curtin, Tangible Holograms:
Towards Mobile Physical Augmentation of Virtual
Objects, Technical Report WISE Lab, WISE-2017-01,
March 2017
http://beatsigner.com/publications/signer_arXiv2017.pdf
A.A.O Tayeh and B. Signer, A Dynamically Extensible
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Information Systems Engineering, Miami, USA,
November, 2015
http://beatsigner.com/publications/tayeh_WISE2015.pdf
34. References ...
A. Sanctorum and B. Signer, A Unifying Reference
Framework and Model for Adaptive Distributed Hybrid
User Interfaces, Proceedings of RCIS 2019, 13th
International Conference on Research Challenges in
Information Science, Brussels, Belgium, May 2019
https://beatsigner.com/publications/sanctorum_RCIS2019.pdf