We describe the linking of a ‘computer as cocktail napkin’ program that interprets handdrawn sketches and diagrams with Archie III, a case based design aid, to support casebased reminding in conceptual design. Each case in Archie’s library includes stories, problems, and responses indexed and accessed by carefully chosen features. In addition to text, photographs, and drawings, many items in Ar...

The recent introduction of new network information services has brought with it the need for an information architecture to integrate information from diverse sources. This paper describes how Prospero provides a framework within which such services can be interconnected. The functions of several existing information storage and retrieval tools are described and we show how they t the framework...

The case of Archie Battersbee, a 12-year-old boy who suffered catastrophic hypoxic brain injury, was the subject several Family Division and Appeal Court hearings between April August 2022. During protracted legal process, appeals were made by family to Supreme Court, European Human Rights, United Nations’ Committee on Rights Persons with Disabilities (CRPD Committee). These unsuccessful in ach...