Gerry wrote:
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Although revolutionary for its day, hypertext still
places a burden on the user to analyze, synthesize
and interpret the data/information that is visited ...
can we not consider extracting or summarizing the full
text of these documents, and offer to the user the
'concepts' that the words of the document represent.
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Sometimes, however, analyzing, synthesizing and interpreting are the joy of
interacting with media. I wonder if such a system were to "summarize the
full text" of a Shakespeare sonnet or a satirical essay to the "'concepts'
that the words of the document represent", how much of the meaning of these
works would remain.
Brian