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You have received this message as a delegate of ACM Hypertext 2003.
* * * REMINDER: 18 SEPTEMBER DEADLINE * * *
Now that the conference is finished, we would like to take this opportunity
to remind you of the submission date for the special issue of the Journal of
Digital Information on Future Visions of Common-use Hypertext. This is the
special issue that is linked to the excellent panel at the conference, titled
"The Next Big Thing, Inc.". Most of you will have attended and enjoyed the
panel, and now it is your turn to tell us what you think is The Next Big
Thing! We are expecting the original panelists to send us papers for the
special issue, so please add your ideas to this remarkable special issue.
It can either be a totally original, new idea, or else a critique and proposal
for improvement of an existing idea (perhaps even of the panelists' ideas).
You can submit work that includes hypermedia, multimedia and anything that
may be suitable to an electronic journal but which cannot be rendered in
a plain paper medium. Of course, you can also submit a normal paper-style
submission as well.
The call for papers is included below. We look forward to receiving your
submission!
Call for Papers
Journal of Digital Information announces a Special Issue on
Future Visions of Common-use Hypertext
*linked to a panel session at ACM Hypertext '03
See http://www.ht03.org/panels.html
Special issue Editors: Helen Ashman and Adam Moore, University of Nottingham
Submission deadline: 18 September 2003
Publication: November 2003
Submissions are sought for a special issue for the Hypermedia Systems theme
of JoDI on visions of the future of 'common use' hypertext. This special
issue is linked to a panel session at ACM Hypertext '03, where alternative
digital futures incorporating hypertext as a primary mechanism will be
discussed by a panel of experts.
The Web has been the dominant public perception of hypertext for over 10
years now. There are, of course, many other hypertext systems, that could
augment, live alongside, or even completely replace the Web. The aim of
this special issue, and of the related panel discussion, is to investigate
the viability of these alternative systems, and to consider how their
everyday use can simplify the processes of reading and writing,
understanding and thinking in the working and recreational activities of
large numbers of people.
Submissions to the special issue should firstly describe the system or
concept that the author proposes for everyday hypertext use, and outline
the benefits they will bring to large sections of the population,
discussing where would they be deployed, how would they be used, and by
whom. These systems or concepts could include complete alternative
hypertext management systems, scenarios for using hypermedia in ways that
have a radical effect on some everyday activity (such as reading, writing,
learning, imagining) or could comprise supplementary technologies for the
Web, (such as addressing, searching, retrieving, authoring, or any other
core technology of an everyday hypertext system).
The remainder of the paper should then address the more speculative
questions such as: with virtually unlimited resources, how should the
vision of interconnected information, embodied by the hypertext system or
concept, be realised over the next ten years? What technologies would be
used? Would they be built on any existing infrastructure, and how far back
would there be any useful foundations for a useful point to start again?
What long-term impact on work and recreation could be expected from these
changes?
The primary characteristic of the system or concept in your submission
should be that "one day, everyone will do it this way".
There is no fixed length for submissions. Papers will be reviewed by at
least one member of the conference panel discussion group together with
other selected referees. Authors of accepted papers will be able to modify
their papers, with final versions of papers due by 6th November.
Submission
Authors should submit their papers electronically using the submission form
http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/form.php3
Selecting the title or editor for this issue from the Theme or Editor
drop-down box will alert the editor to your submission automatically.
Before submitting please take note of the journal's Guidelines for
Submission: Notes for Authors
http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/sec.php3?content=submit
Authors who wish to submit a paper with unusual features are requested to
contact the Special issue Editor prior to submission. Please send any
queries on the special issue or on the Hypermedia Systems theme to Helen
Ashman, address@hidden
A copy of this call can be found at
http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/calls/future-ht.html
The Journal of Digital Information is an electronic journal published only
via the Web. JoDI is currently free to all users thanks to support from the
British Computer Society and Oxford University Press.
http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/
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