Global Information Systems Group
Department of Computer Science
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Switching over to Paper:
A New Web Channel
Moira C. Norrie
Beat Signer
Global Information Systems Research Group
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
WISE 2003, 12 December, 2003
Global Information Systems Group
Department of Computer Science
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Outline
Motivation
Paper++
integration of digital and printed information
iServer
open hypermedia infrastructure for
mixed-media integration
Cross-media authoring
Applications
Global Information Systems Group
Department of Computer Science
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
The Myth of the Paperless Office
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Department of Computer Science
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Paper++
Enriching the use of
paper in everyday
settings
EU Project (Disappearing
Computer Programme)
Arjo Wiggins
Global Information Systems Group
Department of Computer Science
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Paper++ Document Encoding
page number, x and y
position
Use RFID tags (Radio
Frequency Identification)
for document identification
Use translucent conduc-
tive ink to print a grid of
position information on
paper
Information:
(DocID, pageNo, x, y)
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Active Areas
Linking of active areas to
resource files
image
video clip
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Department of Computer Science
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Layers
Layer 10
Layer 5
Anchor 1
Anchor 2
P(x,y)
Can introduce layers such that
shapes belong to a layer and we
return shape of “top active layer”
Global Information Systems Group
Department of Computer Science
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
iServer Mixed-Media Platform
Paper++
Shape Page
Application Database
DB ObjectData/Metadata
Query
Movie Clips
Time Span /
Spatial InfoMovie Clip
HTML Documents
XPointer XHTML
Document
Selectors
Entities
Resources
link
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Department of Computer Science
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
iServer with Paper++ Plug-in
parameter
Properties
parameter
Prefs
layer
|Layers|
layer
Active
Layers
link
Links
selector
Selectors
shape
Shapes
partition (2,*)
(0,*)
rectangle
Rectangles
ellipse
Ellipses
polygon
Polygons
circle
Circles
complexShape
Complex
Shapes
HasShapes
page
Pages
resource
Resources
user
Users
group
Groups
resource
Containers
document
Docs
textComp
Texts
medium
Media
medium
Movies
medium
Images
medium
Webpages
OnPage
RefersToOnLayer
HasProperties
Contains
Contains
Pages
individual
Individuals
HasMembers
HasPrefs
entity
Entities AccessibleTo
CreatedBy
HasTargetHasAnchor
(0,*) (0,*)
(0,*) (0,*) (0,*)
(0,*)
(0,*) (1,1)
(0,*) (0,*)
(1,1) (0,*)
(0,*)
(0,*)
(0,*)
(1,*)
(0,*)
(0,*)
(1,1)
(1,1)
(0,*)
(1,1)
(0,*)
partition partition
(1,*)
User
Resource
Link
P aper++
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Department of Computer Science
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
iServer
Open hypermedia system for
mixed-media integration
General extensible link manager
bidirectional links
nested links
links over links
integrated user management
...
Linking of arbitrary physical and digital
resources
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Department of Computer Science
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Paper++ Architecture
HTTP request
(ID, page, (x,y))
HTTP response
encoded locationAugmented
Document
Barcode Transformer
and Output Device
XIMA Server iServer with
Paper++ Extension
iSERVER
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Department of Computer Science
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Paper++ Authoring
Link Authoring
link sharing
presentation of links
derived links
Content Authoring
possible use of general content management solutions
Various open authoring issues
paper-based authoring
...
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Department of Computer Science
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Global Information Systems Group
Department of Computer Science
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Derived Paper to Paper Links
Derivation of links from inverse mapping of
resources to areas
Digitally Augmented Paper
This is an example paragraph of text
that is selectable within this page.
Nature Database
Animals Countries
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Department of Computer Science
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Zurich City Map
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Department of Computer Science
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Augmented Research Papers
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Department of Computer Science
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Mammography Annotations
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Department of Computer Science
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Ongoing Work
Collaborative link authoring and
knowledge sharing
(P2P version of iServer)
iServer media plug-ins (XHTML, movie
clips, sound files, still images, ...)
Combination of enhanced reading and
enhanced writing
Digitally augmented paper as output
channel of content management
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Department of Computer Science
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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