Hypercode: The building code as a hyperdocument

A METHODOLOGY FOR DESIGN OF THE INTRANET AS A HYPERDOCUMENT APPLICATION by

Hyperdocument Presentation: Facing the Interface

To improve the readability of hyperdocuments, it is not sufficient to concentrate on navigation without supporting comprehension. Focusing on this widely neglected issue in hypertext research, interface design has to reduce the mental effort for comprehension which depends on the coherence and the mental workload required from the reader for concurrent activities such as navigation and orientat...

the significance of conjunction as a cohesive device in teaching writing

the research questions were as follows: 1. is there any relationship between the students concious awareness of the form and implications of the conjuncations and their improvement in using appropriate conjunctions? 2. does students knowledge of the from and the implications of the conjunctions help them to produce more coherent writings. 3. does a comparison between english conjunctions and th...

Making Automated Building Code Checking A Reality

Currently, design and construction documents submitted to the governing body for permitting are checked manually against a continuously changing and increasingly complex set of building codes. The complexity and changing nature of codes leads to delays in both the design and construction processes. The designer must assess which codes are applicable to a given project as well as sort through po...

Measuring Constructed Preferences: Towards a Building Code

A ‘‘building code’’ for preference measurement is needed in a world in which many expressions of preference are constructed when people are asked a valuation question. Construction of preferences Ž . means that preference measurement is best viewed as architecture building a set of values rather than Ž . as archaeology uncovering existing values . We describe potential faults in the process of ...