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From: lac@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Les Carr)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Multimedia, Hypermedia, Hypertext?
Message-ID: <6592@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Date: 7 Feb 91 15:18:08 GMT
References: <1991Feb04.124036.340@abblund.se>
Organization: University of Southampton, UK
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In <1991Feb04.124036.340@abblund.se> nick@abblund.se writes:

>Our group is looking into multimedia, but we have found no good
>definition of what multimedia really is. Also the terms "hypermedia"
>and "hypertext" perhaps need defining properly.

As a Computer Science PhD student studying hypertext, I've ended up
with the following (rather cynical) definitions from observing
"the literature".

Hypertext:	a CS research assistant publishes a paper containing the
		words "See Section 4"
Multimedia:	a CS research assistant publishes a paper with colour photos
HyperMedia	a CS research assistant publishes a paper containing the
		words "See photo 4"
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L.Carr@ecs.soton.ac.uk               Les Carr
Tel: +44 703 593649                  Dept of Electronics and Computer Science
Fax: +44 703 593045                  University of Southampton SO9 5NH England