@inproceedings{04d04b95b0be48f29b8804356629142f,
title = "The design and implementation of a distributed Web document database",
abstract = "Distance learning has become a very important mechanism for virtual university operation. In order to realize such an operation smoothly, it is necessary to consider distance learning from three perspectives: administration, awareness, and assessment. We are currently implementing a virtual university environment according to these guidelines. In this paper, we propose a new Web documentation database as a supporting environment of the Multimedia Micro-University project. The design of this database facilitates a Web documentation development paradigm that we have proposed earlier. From a script description, to its implementation as well as testing records, the database and its interface allow the user to design Web documents as virtual courses to be used in a Web-savvy virtual library. The database supports object reuse and sharing, as well as referential integrity and concurrence. In order to allow real-time course demonstration, i.e. also propose a simple course distribution mechanism, which allows the pre-broadcast of course materials. The System is implemented as a three-tier architecture which runs under MS Windows and other platforms.",
keywords = "Distance Learning, Information Retrieval, Multimedia Database, Virtual Library, Virtual University, WWW",
author = "Shih, {Timothy K.} and Jianhua Ma and Runhe Huang",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 1999 IEEE.; 1999 lnternational Workshops on Parallel Processing, ICPP 1999 ; Conference date: 24-09-1999",
year = "1999",
doi = "10.1109/ICPPW.1999.800116",
language = "???core.languages.en_GB???",
series = "Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel Processing",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "562--567",
booktitle = "Proceedings - 1999 lnternational Workshops on Parallel Processing, ICPP 1999",
}