2nd flexible hypertext workshop 2nd international flexible hypertext workshop standards evaluation held conjunction 7th international world wide web conference www7 brisbane australia 14 april 1998 http www mri mq edu au conf flexht98 workshop theme explosion information world wide web comes need provide flexible mechanisms delivering information user require mechanisms modify documents onthe fly order take user needs account static hypertext documents suffer inability things people document multimedia authors must write multiple documents different users rather single document dynamically modify content order address particular user knowledge context delivery workshop intended interdisciplinary exploration flexible hypertext systems flexible hypertext systems systems present different users different views hypertext network dynamically create hypertext network content documents nodes network runtime workshop aims draw together number research groups taking different approaches flexible hypertext systems order promote crossfertilisation ideas highlight prospects future collaboration target research areas include limited information retrieval filtering use information retrieval techniques determine relevance nodes within static hypertext network individual user content documents remain static links documents flexible adaptive hypertext adaptation existing hypertext network documents model user providing flexible document content flexible views static hypertext network dynamic hypertext employing text generation techniques dynamically create hypertext network documents within network user requests hypertext network exist form built dynamically related events held past include flexible hypertext workshop held eighth acm international hypertext conference hypertext 97 http www mri mq edu au mariam flexht intelligent educational systems world wide web held conjunction 8th world conference artificial intelligence education aied97 http www contrib andrew cmu edu plb aied97 _ workshop workshop adaptive systems user modeling world wide web held conjunction sixth international conference user modeling um 97 http zaphod cs unisb de um97 ws5 html workshop user modelling information filtering world wide web held conjunction fifth international conference user modeling um 96 http www cs su oz au bob um96 workshop html workshop adaptive hypertext hypermedia held conjunction fourth international conference user modeling um 94 http www education uts edu au projects ah ah94 html information adaptive hypertext systems found http www education uts edu au projects ah workshop focus significant amount research area past five years see workshop theme information two recurring issues become increasingly important focus workshop standards increasing popularity world wide web growing market flexible document delivery systems need develop standards systems order encourage facilitate use widely world wide web order develop standards first important clearly define requirements systems mean system flexible adaptive dynamic hypertext system following requirements techniques important flexible hypertext systems finally design standard architecture flexible hypertext systems reused widely evaluation one key issues arose first flexible hypertext workshop aired recently adaptive hypertext mailing list importance evaluation flexible hypertext systems particular since main goal systems maximise suitability document user knowledge needs evaluation essential aspect development systems however little research done confirms advantages systems demonstrates might done workshop format workshop run one full day 14 april number attendees limited 20 order encourage participation workshop discussions participation basis submitted position papers invitation workshop include limited number paper presentations general group discussions group discussions focus issues raised position papers well focus questions workshop dinner also organised encourage informal discussion programme include welcome introduction workshop sessions consisting 1 2 position paper presentations 1530 minutes group discussion issues raised 3060 minutes closing planning postworkshop activities conclusions wrap workshop dinner proceedings compiled technical report workshop position papers invite position papers describing demonstrated techniques improving flexibility hypertext documents particularly interested papers present innovative solutions providing flexible hypertext documents address need building standard architectures evaluation techniques systems also interested receiving papers assessing benefits downfalls providing flexible documents papers speculative nature focus future flexible hypertext systems aspects paper important discussion workshop clearly outlined paper papers 3 5 pages long put web nt access web server space allocated electronic submission url address position paper preferred although papers submitted ascii html postscript accepted submit 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