Dynamic Link Inclusion in Online PDF Journals

Two complementary de facto standards for the publication of electronic documents are HTML on theWorldWideWeb and Adobe s PDF (Portable Document Format) language for use with Acrobat viewers. Both these formats provide support for hypertext features to be embedded within documents. We present a metho...

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Main Authors: Probets, Steve, Brailsford, David F., Carr, Les, Hall, Wendy
Other Authors: Andre, Jacques
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: Springer 1998
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/205/
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author Probets, Steve
Brailsford, David F.
Carr, Les
Hall, Wendy
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description Two complementary de facto standards for the publication of electronic documents are HTML on theWorldWideWeb and Adobe s PDF (Portable Document Format) language for use with Acrobat viewers. Both these formats provide support for hypertext features to be embedded within documents. We present a method, which allows links and other hypertext material to be kept in an abstract form in separate link databases. The links can then be interpreted or compiled at any stage and applied, in the correct format to some specific representation such as HTML or PDF. This approach is of great value in keeping hyperlinks relevant, up-to-date and in a form which is independent of the finally delivered electronic document format. Four models are discussed for allowing publishers to insert links into documents at a late stage. The techniques discussed have been implemented using a combination of Acrobat plug-ins, Web servers and Web browsers.
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spelling nottingham-2052020-05-04T20:33:21Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/205/ Dynamic Link Inclusion in Online PDF Journals Probets, Steve Brailsford, David F. Carr, Les Hall, Wendy Two complementary de facto standards for the publication of electronic documents are HTML on theWorldWideWeb and Adobe s PDF (Portable Document Format) language for use with Acrobat viewers. Both these formats provide support for hypertext features to be embedded within documents. We present a method, which allows links and other hypertext material to be kept in an abstract form in separate link databases. The links can then be interpreted or compiled at any stage and applied, in the correct format to some specific representation such as HTML or PDF. This approach is of great value in keeping hyperlinks relevant, up-to-date and in a form which is independent of the finally delivered electronic document format. Four models are discussed for allowing publishers to insert links into documents at a late stage. The techniques discussed have been implemented using a combination of Acrobat plug-ins, Web servers and Web browsers. Springer Andre, Jacques Brown, Heather Hersch, Roger 1998 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Probets, Steve, Brailsford, David F., Carr, Les and Hall, Wendy (1998) Dynamic Link Inclusion in Online PDF Journals. In: 7th International Conference on Electronic Publishing, EP'98., March/April 1998, St. Malo, France. Hyperlinks linkbases PDF online journals
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PDF
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Probets, Steve
Brailsford, David F.
Carr, Les
Hall, Wendy
Dynamic Link Inclusion in Online PDF Journals
title Dynamic Link Inclusion in Online PDF Journals
title_full Dynamic Link Inclusion in Online PDF Journals
title_fullStr Dynamic Link Inclusion in Online PDF Journals
title_full_unstemmed Dynamic Link Inclusion in Online PDF Journals
title_short Dynamic Link Inclusion in Online PDF Journals
title_sort dynamic link inclusion in online pdf journals
topic Hyperlinks
linkbases
PDF
online journals
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/205/