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Date:         Wed, 9 Sep 1992 15:37:34 CDT
From:         Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <LIBPACS@UHUPVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      SIGDOC '92 Advance Program, Pt. 1 of 2

From:   "Sigdoc92 (S.) Sigdoc92" <sigdoc92@bnr.ca>
Subject: SIGDOC'92 Advance Program-- 'Going Online', Pt. 1 of 2

                                 GOING ONLINE
                  The New World of Multimedia Documentation

                                  SIGDOC '92
      The 10th Annual International Conference Program and Registration
          October 13-16, 1992,  The Westin Hotel, Ottawa, Canada

Sponsored by The Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group
on Documentation (SIGDOC) in cooperation with Northern Telecom and Bell-
Northern Research


PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
==================
While words will always be important to technical documentation, increasingly
they are recognized as only the beginning. New options, in the form of online
and multimedia information, are redefining our craft. Technical documents are
no longer just "read". By means of hypertext, animation, links to databases,
illustrations, and video sequences, documents are "explored". Their "readers"
learn from text, graphics, video images, and sound and are guided by their own
interests, expertise, and need for information. Readers of multimedia
documents become, in effect, co-authors of personally tailored documents that
are experienced differently by every reader.

Online capabilities are growing to meet our imaginative drive to develop
multimedia documents that make complex systems accessible to users. But we
must bring to bear on these new forms our experience--in document management,
quality control, and presentation techniques--gained through working with
printed documentation. We must build on this knowledge and modify it to
successfully create the multimedia documents that challenge not only our
notions of information presentation, but also our understanding of document
form and use.

SIGDOC'92 is a conference examining design, process, quality, tools,
applications, and costs and benefits of multimedia documentation. Join us as
we venture into the new world through

--a keynote address by Theodor Holm Nelson
--pre-conference tutorials
--presentations by speakers from around the world
--demonstrations of multimedia documents and tools
--opportunities to share your experience and learn from fellow professionals

Read on for more information on conference sessions, events, and attractions!

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13
7:00 am - 5:00 pm   Registration
9:00 am - 4:30 pm   Full- and half-day tutorials.
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm   Welcoming reception

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14
7:00 am - 5:00 pm   Registration
9:00 am - 8:00 pm   Demonstration Room
9:00 am - 8:00 pm   Job Corner
9:00 am - 10:30 am  Sessions

Session 1
  Electronic documentation system: Using automated hypertext
  techniques for technical support services
    P. Morse, V. Konstantinou, University of Westminster, United Kingdom

  A critical assessment of the minimalist approach to documentation
    H. van der Meij, Twente University, The Netherlands

Session 2
  Internationalizing online information
    C.K. Merrill, M. Shanoski, Sykes Enterprises, Inc., U.S.A

  Developing hypertext documents for an international audience
    E. Spragins, North Carolina State University, U.S.A.

Session 3
  Navigating online information: A characterization of extralinguistic
  factors that influence user behavior
    B. Mehlenbacher, North Carolina State University, U.S.A.

  Test early, test often: A formative usability kit for writers
    S. Kohn Kaminsky, Bell-Northern Research, Canada

11:00 am - 12:00 noon  Welcome Address by John Brockmann
12:00 noon - 8:00 pm   Exhibits
12:00 noon - 2:00 pm   Luncheon and Address by Edward Tufte
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm      Sessions

Session 4
  A multimedia and multisource document editor of an open
  architecture
    Jin-Kun Lin, University of North Carolina, U.S.A.

  A multiple presentation document management system
    A. Celentano, et al., Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Session 5
  Online information and reduced interval in publishing:
  Impact on the information developing cycle
    P. Fournier, Bell-Northern Research, Canada

  Seven (plus or minus two) things to remember about producing multimedia
  documentation
    C. Titta, J. Johnson, Communitec Inc., U.S.A.

Session 6
  Converting to online: A case history
    A. Harrington, Digital Equipment Corporation, U.S.A.

  Online help: Exploring static information or constructing personal and
   collaborative solutions using hypertext
    D. Selfe, et al., Michigan Technological University, U.S.A.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15
8:00 am - 5:00 pm    Registration
9:00 am - 8:00 pm    Demonstration Room
9:00 am - 8:00 pm    Job Corner
9:00 am - 10:30 am   Sessions

Session 7
  Monitoring user actions in the hypertext system "HyperMan"
    A. Myka, et al., Universitat Tubingen, Germany

  Codedocs: Executable documents for documenters
  The end of the passive user guide
    P. Sturgeon, et al., Bell-Northern Research, Canada

Session 8
  User information processing strategies and online visual structure
    E. Keyes, R. Krull, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, U.S.A.

  Choosing a medium for your message: What determines the
  choice of delivery media for technical documentation?
    H.J. Saddler, Apple Computer Inc., U.S.A.

Session 9
  A method for editing visual components of multimedia
    K. Dukay, et al., Microsoft Corporation, U.S.A.

  Standardization: Problems of interchange and delivery of
  documentation online
    D. Dougherty, O'Reilly & Associates Inc., U.S.A.

11:00 am - 12:00 noon  Sessions

Session 10
  Linking object-oriented database and hypertext to
  support software documentation
    B. Wang, P. Hitchcock, University of York, United Kingdom

  Graph-based retrieval of information in hypertext systems
    Y. Quintana, et al., University of Waterloo, Canada

Session 11
  Online help: A part of documentation
    S.D. Goodall, Powersoft Corporation, U.S.A.

  Online reading and offline tradition: Adapting online help facilities to
  offline reading strategies
    A. Maes, et al., Tilburg University, The Netherlands

Session 12
  Down-sizing in DOS: Multimedia as inexpensive, omnipresent,
  and user-based
    P. Beam, University of Waterloo, Canada

  Prototyping:  Tools and techniques
  Improving software and documentation quality through rapid
  prototyping
    M. Thompson, N. Wishbow, LEGENT Corporation, U.S.A.

12:00 noon - 1:30 pm  Lunch Break
12:00 noon - 8:00 pm  Exhibits
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm     Presentation of Diana Award to Apple Computer Inc.
3:00 pm - 4.30 pm     Sessions

Session 13
  Technical writers and the business of writing design documents for
  complex, reactive systems
    D. Cameron, Bell-Northern Research, Canada

Session 14
  To link or not to link: An empirical comparison
  of hypertext linking strategies
    C. Boyle, S. Hor Teh, Texas A&M University, U.S.A.

  Helping users navigate in multimedia documents:
  The affective domain
    M. Peoples Halio, University of Delaware, U.S.A.

Session 15
  Low-cost audiovisual presentation enabler
    R. A. Pascoe, IBM Corporation, U.S.A.

  Variable degrees of multimedia implementation and their impact on
  network elements
    R. Bence, et al., Logicon Ultrasystems, U.S.A.

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm   Northern Telecom Reception
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm   Conference Banquet and Keynote Address
                    by Theodor Holm Nelson --
                    "Tomorrow's Hyperdocumentation"

End of Part 1 of 2
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