Tree Structure

A tree structure is an organizational tool which arranges information in a hierarchical structure. As you might expect, a tree structure in the WWW is complete with a root and leaves. The root is the home page or directory of the tree, from which subdirectories and files branch off. Therefore, a leaf is data found at the furthest distance from the root, with nothing stemming off from it.

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UniTree System Reference Manual, Chapter 5

This hypertext manual is intended to assist UniTree users at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, but it includes a suggested tree structure and details that illuminate how a tree structure can function in order to share files among a group of persons working on a common project.

Final Proposal For A Unified Subject Tree

This document was created for BUBL by Oren Stone at Southampton University Library. BUBL, which began as the (British) BUlletin Board for Libraries, now provides an information service to the academic and research community, largely through the BUBL Subject Tree. This paper illuminates the theoretical aspect of setting up a subject tree.

W3E References:

hierarchical structure

tree

Print References:

• IBM Dictionary of Computing George McDaniel, McGraw Hill, New York, 1994 (ISBN: 0-07-113383-6)