@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/cikm/DattoloG94, author = {Antonina Dattolo and Antonio Gisolfi}, title = {Analytical Version Control Management in a Hypertext System}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM'94), Gaithersburg, Maryland, November 29 - December 2, 1994}, publisher = {ACM}, year = {1994}, pages = {132-139}, ee = {db/conf/cikm/DattoloG94.html, http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/191246.191269}, crossref = {DBLP:conf/cikm/94}, bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de} }BibTeX
In this paper it is shown how structural and cognitive versioning issues can be efficiently managed in a Petri nets based hypertextual model. The advantages of this formalism are enhanced by modular and structured modeling; modularity allows to focus the attention only on some modules, while giving the abstraction of the others. Each module owns metaknowledge that is useful in defining new layers and contexts.
The central point of the data model is the formulation and resolution of three recurrence equations, effective in describing both the versioning and the derivation history; these equations permit to express in precise terms both the structural evolution (changes operated on specific nodes of the net) and the behavioral one (changes concerning browsing).
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