JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 1(5): 269-291, doi: 10.3217/jucs-001-05-0269
HOME: An Environment for Hypermedia Objects
expand article infoErik Duval‡, Henk Olivié§, Piers O Hanlon|, David G. Jameson|
‡ Departement Computerwetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium§ Departement Computerwetenschappen, K.U.Leuven Celestijnenlaan 200 A, Heverlee, Belgium| Audio-Visual Service, University College London, England and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Corresponding author: Erik Duval ( erik.duval@cs.kuleuven.ac.be )

© Erik Duval, Henk Olivié, Piers Hanlon, David Jameson.
This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License.
Citation: Duval E, Olivié H, Hanlon PO, Jameson DG (1995) HOME: An Environment for Hypermedia Objects. JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 1(5): 269-291. https://doi.org/10.3217/jucs-001-05-0269
Open Access
Abstract
In this paper, we present HOME, a new environment for distributed hypermedia. We mainly concentrate on the server side, and provide access to World-Wide Web clients through a gateway mechanism. Data and metadata are strictly separated in the distributed HOME server. The architecture is based on a layered approach with separate layers for raw data, multimedia characteristics and hypermedia structure. We briefly present some of the implementation aspects and emphasise distinctive characteristics of HOME. We conclude with a comparison with related research and our plans for the future.
Keywords
HOME, distributed hypermedia, networked multimedia, image store, navigation, query