TEXTNET: a network-based approach to text handling
ACM Transactions on Information SystemsPublished 1 January 1986Open access
Randall H. Trigg, Mark Weiser
Citations190
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This work describes the Textnet approach, a new system for structuring text that uses one uniform data structure to capture graphlike pools of text, as well as embedded hierarchical structures, by using a semantic network formalism of nodes connected by typed links.
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Textnet is a new system for structuring text. The Textnet approach uses one uniform data structure to capture graphlike pools of text, as well as embedded hierarchical structures. By using a semantic network formalism of nodes connected by typed links, the relationships between neighboring pieces of text are made explicit. Also described is our partial implementation of the Textnet approach, which makes use of an object-oriented window/menu-driven user interface. Users peruse the network by moving among object menus or by reading text along a path through the network. In addition, critiquing, reader linking, searching, and jumping are easily accessible operations. Finally, the results of a short trial with users are presented.
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