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Title : Filename:
Author : Don L. Jewett
Filename : draft-dljewett-forwardlinkprotocol-00.txt
Pages : 73
Date : 2015-06-15
Abstract:
*Short* Description:
This Protocol automates creation and storage of Internet Links and
BackLinks, together with enhanced MetaData, by individual,
independent WebSites. The MetaData is displayed to Readers in
SortableTables. The information in the SortableTables will be used
by Readers to decide whether to follow Links and BackLinks that they
encounter in using the Web, and will speed development of Knowledge
based upon Web- Information. The Categories in the Tables are guided
by the interests of the Readers, and differ between WebSites hosting
different topics.
The Protocol is designed to be implemented on individual WebSites; it
does not require a centralized server nor top-down supervision.
*Longer* Description:
The FL-P (ForwardLink-Protocol) provides new communication
conventions by which two WebSites exchange information and MetaData
to provide easy and useful means for Article-Readers to decide
whether to follow a Link from one Article to the another. A
*RetroLink* takes the Reader to a citED Older-Text, from a citING
Newer-Text. A *ForwardLink* takes the Reader to the citING Newer-
Text, from a citED Older-Text.
(NOTE: The words "Older" and "Newer" apply to the *Text*, *not* to
the *Article* or *WebSite*. The adjectives "Forward" and "Retro"
refer to the point-of-view of the Reader *when reading* the text
that contains the Link. The necessity for this new terminology is
explained in the body of the proposal.)
Text-specific and Article-specific MetaData are presented to the
Reader in SortableTables whose organization is determined by the
Reader. The Reader's choices in data-categories and sorting are
saved in Cookies on the Reader's Computer. These features aid the
Reader in organizing the information of the SortableTables so as to
decide whether to follow a displayed Link or not. These features
increase the Reader's efficiency in searching for information on the
Web.
ForwardLinks will significantly increase the utility of the Web for
scholars, thus enhancing Knowledge creation based upon Web-
Information. Additionally, ForwardLinks will *increase the value* of
open-access, online archives (of both Publishers and Libraries).
Such archives, will, over time, collect increasing numbers of
valuable ForwardLinks that point to newer developments in a field,
which is critical information for further progress.
ForwardLinks are based upon "human judgments of importance". For
example, ForwardLinks may well occur between two Articles that do
*not* share *any* duplicate words or phrases. Such Linkages *cannot
be discovered* with *present WebSearch techniques*.
The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-dljewett-forwardlinkprotocol/
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https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-dljewett-forwardlinkprotocol-00
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