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Compilation and representation of intelligent electronic documents: An architecture for referenceability

Hall, R.C.

This report describes an architecture for compiling and representing electronic documents in a framework which accommodates knowledge about how the documents are composed, organized, and correlated. A general concept of referenceability is employed. While the concept is relevant to a wide range of application areas, it is described in familiar terms of an electronic document comprised of related textual information and graphics. The concept is applicable to all classes of objects which, together with their references, constitute the electronic document. The documents may themselves contain references to other documents, as well as to constituent object classes such as textual components, figures, footnotes, subject indexes, and the like. The objects and references can be dynamically combined according to a total logical structure representable within a window environment. The framework supports automatic resolution of references and display of related document objects through intercommunicating windows which constitute a relevant user view of a document. 6 refs., 9 figs.