Filename:
draft-dljewett-forwardlinkprotocol-00
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| Author | Don L. Jewett | ||
| Last updated | 2015-12-17 (Latest revision 2015-06-15) | ||
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| Consensus boilerplate | Unknown | ||
| RFC Editor Note | (None) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | Expired | |
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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*.
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