Abstract
Summary In summary, the WWDB represents an apporoach that has significant similarities and significant differences with current HTML-oriented WWW technology. It is orthogonal to the Hot Java development since Java is a programming language, and WWDB addresses data structuring. Similarly, it has significant connections and significant differences compared to current database technology. In other contexts, we discuss its relationship to knowledge-base technology and to office information systems (please refer to the WWDB home page for the references). The following are the salient points of this new approach: • The World-Wide Data Base consists of short text pages in HORL syntax—analogous to HTML pages but structured data. • WWDB pages live in symbiosis with HTML pages: the WWDB system is invoked in context from HTML pages, and WWDB pages are used to regenerate HTML pages—often, the same page as the system was invoked from our reset from. • The WWDB design is simple, easy to implement, and supports a rapid dialogue. Our implementation is in routine use today. It is independent of programming language. • WWDB pages which are put on-line at one site can be accessed and used at any other site, world-wide, and not only for viewing but also for processing. Contributions can be accumulated towards a world-wide database.
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