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ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING
TECHNOLOGY CONSIDERATIONS

Roger Clarke

Version of 6 January 1997

© Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd, 1996, 1997

• Basic Tools and Standards
  • web-browsers and client OS to be supported
  • web-server(s) to be used
  • administration of mailing lists newsgroups / bulletin boards / conferences, e.g. listproc / majordomo
  • composition tools, e.g. MS Word, HotDog, Photoshop
  • generation tools, e.g. RTFtoHTML, Clip2Gif
  • publication tools, e.g. FTP utilities
  • server-side scripting, e.g. Perl
  • client-side scripting
• Intermediate Publishing Capabilities
  • composition, generation and publication of web-forms
  • composition, generation and implementation of scripts to
  • process data submitted on web-forms
  • publication to multiple media (hard-copy, fax, email, web)
  • templates
  • auto-inclusion of standard features, e.g. headers, footers, menus, logos, background colour, wallpaper
  • retro-fitting changed standards to existing pages, incl. headers/footers
• Navigation
  • hierarchical menus (a la Yahoo)
  • search-engine(s) limited to 'leaves' of the menu-scheme
  • search-engine(s) across all pages
  • 'semantic' and 'intelligent' search
• Advanced Publishing Features
  • thesaurus / dictionary / keyword / references documents list
  • auto-generation of links based on the above
  • automated document composition and generation
  • automated regeneration on change of source
  • CGI scripts for access to databases
    • legacy systems
    • new systems
  • 'applets' / 'mobile code' for client-side validation of data
• Advanced Usage Features
  • page-change notifiers
  • brokers / personal agents
• Interfacing to Transaction-Processing Systems (e.g. FMIS, HR)
  • web-forms converted to input data-streams for existing query-screens
  • reformatting / pass-through of existing displays
• Service Management
  • caching and proxying
  • usage log / webstats and page-access counters
  • data analysis and reporting:
    • regular, automated
    • pre-calculated and -formatted, available on-request
    • ad hoc, calculated and formatted on-request
• Collaborative Technologies
  • e-mailing lists / newsgroups / conferences:
    • both general and specific
    • list maintenance
    • list management (e.g. guidelines, reminders of netethiquette)
    • list moderation
  • document annotation
  • document co-authoring
  • workflow (automated addressing of web-forms / emails to next recipient(s) based on business rules)
  • video-phone
  • decision support
• Payment Technologies
  • adequately secure transmission of credit-card details
  • specific payment instruments (e.g. Digicash, CyberCash)
  • multiple payment instruments (e.g. using JEPI)

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Created: 15 September 1996 - Last Amended: 15 September 1996 by Roger Clarke - Site Last Verified: 15 February 2009
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