DocumentCode :
3233785
Title :
Driving the citizen-oriented information on the electronic highway
Author :
Guang, Yang ; Kubicek, Herbert ; Redder, Volker
Author_Institution :
Telecommun. Res. Group, Bremen Univ., Germany
fYear :
1995
fDate :
15-18 May 1995
Firstpage :
131
Lastpage :
138
Abstract :
The paper outlines the design and ongoing development of the Citizen Information Network (CIN) which makes information available to meet the growing demands from citizens for better information about public administration services and self-organized initiatives as well as for better communication among citizens about community affairs. Multimedia technology offers new opportunities but there are complex problems to solve, in particular with regard to data structure and data logistics, and interactive user interface design for casual users. The CIN enables users to get information comprised of text, photos, pictures, voice, and video elements in a multimedia kiosk, to search for the required information via a full-text retrieval from the frequently updated database. Original features of the approach of Bremen concern a public-private partnership and cost-sharing between a tourist and a citizen information system as well as a technical open client server architecture. The creation of such a system is a software and organization development process
Keywords :
client-server systems; data structures; full-text databases; information networks; information services; information systems; multimedia systems; open systems; public administration; public information systems; software engineering; user interfaces; wide area networks; Citizen Information Network; casual users; citizen-oriented information; community affairs; data logistics; data structure; electronic highway; frequently updated database; full-text retrieval; information searching; interactive user interface design; multimedia kiosk; multimedia technology; open client server architecture; photos; pictures; public administration services; public-private partnership; self-organized initiatives; text; video elements; voice; Computer architecture; Data structures; Image retrieval; Information retrieval; Information systems; Logistics; Multimedia databases; Road transportation; Spatial databases; User interfaces;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Multimedia Computing and Systems, 1995., Proceedings of the International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7105-X
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/MMCS.1995.484917
Filename :
484917
Link To Document :
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