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- Boundary analysis in hypertext <sum06 1 12>
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- Boundary Besides providing a rapid path to desired ideas
- Analysis regardless of the capabilities or subject knowledge of
- ======== the user, "good" taxonomies also show the boundaries
- between ideas. Defining (or creating) boundaries,
- however is a "killer" task. <link56 Taxonomies>
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- In most non-hypertext systems (regulations, procedures,
- policy manuals, etc.), rarely has anyone created
- taxonomies that provide both good paths and good
- boundaries.
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- Making structure That means a major part of classification work is not
- seem natural putting ideas in slots, but the creation of natural
- ============ slots or patterns that others will readily accept.
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- How to do it Once I've identified the categories, I use my language
- ============ skills to make my categories seem complete, parallel,
- and ordered. Such categories are what makes the structure
- of the information easily understood <link04>.