Organization of Technical Information for Electronic Delivery
Abstract
The objectives of this effort were to design, create, and demonstrate formats for displaying technical information on microcomputer screens. These formats were to take maximum advantage of the display and interaction capabilities that set computers apart from the paper media generally used for this type of information. In addition, the formats were to be economical to produce, store, retrieve, and display. The resulting formats are in the form of job performance aids and procedure simulations. Job performance aid display algorithms retrieve text and graphic data elements from data files and display the data in different formats for technicians of differing skill levels. Depending upon information needs, the technician can review written descriptions of task steps, call up static graphics and animated graphics to clarify procedural text, call up locator graphics to help locate a particular item of equipment in the context of a larger system, and/or call up detailed descriptions of task steps that are so complex that they warrant being addressed as a task in their own right. Technical information, Job performance aids, Microcomputers, Procedure simulation, Visual authoring system, Hypertext, Object oriented programming, Visual programming.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA217641
Entities
People
- A. J. Babu
- J. P. Kincaid
- John E. Mears
- Joseph Hebert
- Richard Braby