Hypertext is no longer contributing much to the Web. Working in the Applied Research and Technology group, he assesses and acquires new information technologies for the Boeing Company, and has been particularly involved with Web technologies for the past four years. As leader of the influential WebMasters and Web strategies groups, he has been involved in developing corporate policies, implementing new Web-based information retrieval and visibility systems, and transitioning the Web from experimental amusement to supported business tool. Dr. Retallack's interests lie in technology transfer strategies, information retrieval, image processing and high performance computing. The Web is fine now.
People make do with the hypertext features that exist now quite well.
The Web community mostly focuses on underlying architecture, portability, protocoles and languages, making only use of very basic aspects of hypertext. She currently is involved in databases for structured and semi-structured data. Her current research interest focuses on reusing heterogeneous information, including databases, SGML-like documents, Web pages, and digital videos, through virtual documents. SLAC was the first Website in the United States. She is Director of the Multimedia Research Group, the University's Interactive Learning Centre and the Digital Library Research Centre.