From Paper To Online Publishing

Preface. About this Book. About the Audience. About Lotus SmarText. Acknowledgments. I. ONLINE PUBLISHING AND ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT DELIVERY. 1. An Overview of Online Publishing and Electronic Document Delivery. The Organizational Impact of Online Publishing and EDD Systems. Differences Between EDD and Print-Based Media. Problem-Solving Through EDD Technology. The Specific Benefits and Risks of EDD Technology. The Right Environment for EDD Planning. A 20,000-Foot View of How Online Publishing and EDD Are Accomplished. Three Stages of EDD Development. 2. The Concept of Value-Added Documents. Defining Value-Added Documents. Some Working Examples of Value- Adding. What Are the Benefits of Value-Adding from the Business or Developer's Perspective? What Are the Benefits of Value-Adding from the User's Perspective? Can Value-Adding Be Accomplished Automatically? Conclusion. II. THE TECHNOLOGIES OF ONLINE PUBLISHING SYSTEMS. 3. Enabling Technologies for Online Publishing and EDD Solutions. The Promising Technologies of EDD. A New Frontier for Information Delivery. The Need for Online Publishing Standards. Commercial vs. Corporate Online Publishing. Classes of Online Publishing Systems. Determining the Best Class of EDD System to Use. The Management of Text and the Re-Purposing of Information. Temporal and Spatial Document Domains. Microsoft Windows and Electronic Document Delivery. 4. Automated Indexing and Outlining Techniques. The Value of Automated Indexing and Outlining. Benefits of Document Outlining. The Process of Automated Outlining. Benefits of Document Indexing. Accomplishing Automated Indexing. Indexing Methods. Conclusion. 5. Hypertext and Nonlinear Documents. An Overview of Hypertext and Its Advantages. The Benefits of Hypertext. Typical Hypertext Applications. The Disadvantages of Hypertext. The Architecture of Hypertext. The Value and Role of Hypertext in EDD Systems. The Automatic Conversion of Text to Hypertext. Methodologies for Defining Links. The Pitfalls and Promises of Computer-Assisted Linking. Conclusion on Automating Hypertext. III. MANAGING THE ONLINE PUBLISHING DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. 6. Evaluating Electronic Document Delivery Solutions. Organizational Decisions Regarding Online Publishing Development. The Limits of a Cost-Benefit Approach to Evaluating EDD Solutions. Evaluating EDD System Options. Organizational Knowledge and EDD Systems. Creating "Intelligent" EDD Applications. Resources Required for the EDD Development Process. 7. The Online Publishing Development Process. Three Stages of the Online Publishing Development Process. Seven Steps to Consider in the EDD System Development Process. 8. Delivery Options for Online Publishing Systems. Disk-Based Publishing. Network or Client/Server EDD Delivery Options. Online Publishing, EDD, and the Internet. The SGML Decision. IV. A GUIDE TO THE SMARTEXT WORKING MODEL. 9. The History, Technological Approach, and Marketing of SmarText. Features of the SmarText Reader and Builder. SmarText and the Electronic Book. New Features in SmarText Release 3 (Included with This Book). Publishing Documents with SmarText. SmarText Features for Commercial and OEM Publishers. 10. Structuring Documents for Effective Use in SmarText. Preparation of Text and Graphics for SmarText. Designing for Online Use vs. Printed Use. The SmarText Text Display System. Building SmarText Documents. 11. The SmarText Working Model User's Manual. See for Yourself How Quickly You Can Build, Publish, and Read Hypertext Documents. Getting to Know SmarText. Creating Your Own SmarText Document. Now Try SmarText on One of Your Own Documents V. THE CASE STUDIES. 12. Online Publishing Case Studies. Overview. Cases Denoted by the Time Savings Icon. MeritCare Hospital. SunAmerica. The Kobb Team. Cases Denoted by the Cost Savings Icon. Lotus DocOnline. Softext. Phoenix Technologies. Cases Denoted by the Linked Information Icon. Hewitt Associates. Abelard Controls. Intel Corporation. Afterword. Index.