SHDS - AN X-WINDOW BASED SEMI-HYPERMEDIA DOCUMENT SYSTEM

The internal structure of hypermedia and the navigation between nodes are always a complex and large problem. Thus, creating and managing a hypermedia document system has become a challenge. The SHDS is a conve nient tool that lets users create their own hypermedia documents. The media included in the SHDS are Texts, Sounds and Images. The SHDS prov ides a graphic browser so that authors and users can realize where the y are. Moreover, it uses a special model to group related nodes togeth er so that authors can express a single concept by using multiple obje cts. In summary, the SHDS provides a lot of flexibility to let authors create their own documents.,