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Supporting the generation of argument structure within video sequences

Browsing is a useful way of exploring annotated media repositories. Sets of links can be automatically created from the annotations associated with the media items in the repository. When there are also relationships among the annotations themselves, such as when the annotation terms are part of a thesaurus, these relations can also be used in the link generation process. Using structured annotations and a thesaurus for generating link sets has two advantages. The first is to evaluate the effectiveness of the terms in the thesaurus for classifying the media items in the repository. The second is to be able to control the links being generated by changing relationships within the thesaurus. The work is illustrated using video segments annotated with argument structures, but we show that the method used is independent of the media types and applicable to systems that use similar annotation structures and typed relations among the

Here is the author! Hyperlinks as constitutive rules of hypertextual communication

In this paper, we examine the importance of hyperlinks in revealing the presence of the hypertext author and his decisive role in defining and controlling the dialogue with the user/reader through the hypertext. This is essential in order to adequately describe all the factors involved in hypertextual communication and how this communication takes place. In hypertexts and hypermedia, hyperlinks on the one hand define the possible directions of hypertextual communication and, on the other hand, their strategy of manifestation shapes the user's process of interpretation. Because of these two important ‘powers' hyperlinks have, and on the basis of John Searle's distinction between constitutive and regulative rules, hyperlinks can be defined as constitutive rules of hypertextual communication, set by the author, needing to be activated by the reader, and determining different utterances in the interaction happening during the navigation between the author and the user/reader. In the paper, after having described the semiotic-communicative structure of hyperlinks and the process of interpretation they require, the character of constitutive rules of hyperlinks will be illustrated by analyzing different dialogues generated by different hyperlinks in two particular kinds of hypermedial applications: hypertextual transpositions of classic literary texts and hyperfictio

Supporting the generation of argument structure within video sequences

Browsing is a useful way of exploring annotated media repositories. Sets of links can be automatically created from the annotations associated with the media items in the repository. When there are also relationships among the annotations themselves, such as when the annotation terms are part of a thesaurus, these relations can also be used in the link generation process. Using structured annotations and a thesaurus for generating link sets has two advantages. The first is to evaluate the effectiveness of the terms in the thesaurus for classifying the media items in the repository. The second is to be able to control the links being generated by changing relationships within the thesaurus. The work is illustrated using video segments annotated with argument structures, but we show that the method used is independent of the media types and applicable to systems that use similar annotation structures and typed relations among the

Denotative and Connotative Semantics in Hypermedia: Proposal for a Semiotic-Aware Architecture

In this article we claim that the linguistic-centered view within hypermedia systems needs refinement through a semiotic-based approach before real interoperation between media can be achieved. We discuss the problems of visual signification for images and video in dynamic systems, in which users can access visual material in a non-linear fashion. We describe how semiotics can help overcome such problems, by allowing descriptions of the material on both denotative and connotative levels. Finally we propose an architecture for a dynamic semiotic-aware hypermedia system

Denotative and connotative semantics in hypermedia: proposal for a semiotic-aware architecture

In this article we claim that the linguistic-centred view within hypermediasystems needs refinement through a semiotic-based approach before real interoperation between media can be achieved. We discuss the problems of visual signification for images and video in dynamic systems, in which users can access visual material in a non-linear fashion. We describe how semiotics can help overcome such problems, by allowing descriptions of the material on both denotative and connotative levels. Finally we propose an architecture for a dynamic semiotic-aware hypermedia system

Linking Spaces in the Cybertext Novel

The “digital galvanization of the arts” at the turn of the century, as Richard Lanham has predicted, will have a long-term effect on the development of literacy and on the future of the codex book as a pivot of Western civilization. This necessitates a search for long-standing but valid approaches in the exploration of the act of reading, taking into account the new medium and the technology used for the creation, dissemination and reading of cybertext fiction. The aim of this paper is to examine the link as one of the salient features of digital narratives. The paper overviews various interpretations of the link from different theoretical perspectives within the area of linguistics and literary theory. The link is analyzed as the main organizational device contributing to the coherence of these otherwise structurally loose narratives, as a rhetorical device on equal par to metaphors and, most of all, as a textual element facilitating the process of “realization” and “concretization” of the narrative itself. The correlation between links in cybertexts and the phenomenological “gaps” or “vacancies” of reader-response theory forms the focus of the analysis in an effort to determine certain strategies the readers employ on encountering digital narratives. The paper refers to some outstanding examples of cybertext fiction

Riflessioni sulla testualità digitale tra studi linguistici e studi sul software.

The aim of this article is to offer a reflection on digital textuality with reference to language and software studies. Indeed, digital language – more specifically, the language of social media – is characterized by an important postmodern component, especially in relation to the discursive practices selected by users in composing their messages; at the same time, this type of textuality is highly influenced by the architecture of the platforms where such messages are created and shared. The methodological component of the article will be given by a combination of systemic-functional linguistics, computer-mediated-communication, information theory and multimodality, approached socio-semiotically.<br /><br /

Relationship analysis : improving the systems analysis process

A significant aspect of systems analysis involves discovering and representing entities and their inter-relationships. Guidelines exist to identify entities but do not provide a rigorous and comprehensive process to explicitly capture the relationship structure of the problem domain. Whereas, other analysis techniques lightly address the relationship discovery process, Relationship Analysis is the only systematic, domain-independent analysis technique focusing exclusively on a domain\u27s relationship structure. The quality of design artifacts, such as class diagrams, and development time necessary to generate these artifacts can be improved by first representing the complete relationship structure of the problem domain. The Relationship Analysis Model is the first theory-based taxonomy to classify relationships. A rigorous evaluation was conducted, including a formal experiment comparing novice and experienced analysts with and without Relationship Analysis. It was shown that the Relationship Analysis Process based on the model does provide a fuller and richer systems analysis, resulting in improved quality of and reduced time in generating class diagrams. It also was shown that Relationship Analysis enables analysts of varying experience levels to achieve a similar level of quality of class diagrams. Relationship Analysis significantly enhances the systems analyst\u27s effectiveness, especially in the area of relationship discovery and documentation resulting in improved analysis and design artifacts