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Why use Java? Object oriented primer. Java applets. The Java language. Branching and looping. Graphics. Animation and multithreading. Handling exceptions. The Java.awt package. Handling events. Windows, dialogs and menus. Input and output streams. Modifiers and packages. Java and C++

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Java (Computer program language)

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Java

RSWK

Java <Programmiersprache>
World wide web / Seite / Gestaltung / Java <Programmiersprache> (2134) (4231)

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Java (Computer program language)
Java <Programmiersprache>
World wide web / Seite / Gestaltung / Java <Programmiersprache> (2134) (4231)

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Abstract

The Ovid Java interface is compared with the Ovid Web Gateway and Ovid Windows Client, focusing on functionality from the user's perspective. The Java version draws upon both earlier Web and Windows versions, thus combining the worlds of the Web and application programs. It is concluded that Ovid Java offers enhanced functionality and requires high-end hardware and browser software to run well. Additional enhancements are forthcoming, some dependent upon the further development of Sun Microsystems' Java programming language

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Java

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Abstract

Komplexe Aufgaben und Probleme werden heute üblicherweise im Team bearbeitet und gelöst. Das gilt insbesondere für Softwareprojekte, denn die Entwicklung komplexer Softwaresysteme findet heutzutage meistens arbeitsteilig in - zunehmend räumlich verteilten - Teams statt. Vor diesem Hintergrund wird zum einen ein rollenbasiertes Konzept vorgestellt, das virtuellen Lernteams bei der Zusammenarbeit einen virtuellen Tutor zur Seite stellt, der dem Team im Rahmen von Rollendefiziten adaptierte Hilfestellung bietet und so die Lerneffektivität unterstützt. Zum anderen wird gezeigt, wie das Zusammenspiel zweier spezialisierter Systeme (VitaminL und K3) im Kontext des Blended Learning echte Mehrwerte in E-Learning-Szenarien bringen kann. Die in Benutzertests und einer Lehrveranstaltung ermittelten Evaluierungsergebnisse lassen auf die Tragfähigkeit des rollenbasierten, tutoriellen Konzepts schließen und decken gleichzeitig großes Weiterentwicklungpotenzial auf.

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Information - Wissenschaft und Praxis. 59(2008) H.1, S.37-40

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Abstract

Internet verändert die Software-Szene / Java macht Dampf / PC bekommt Konkurrenz / Aufgeweckte Riesen gegen innovative Zwerge / Intranet heißt der neue Renner

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Das Internet boomt. Rund um den Globus basteln etablierte EDV-Konzerne und Branchenneulinge an Hard- und Software für das Netz der Netze. Glaubt man den Auguren, läutet seine Beliebtheit eine Revolution in der Informationstechnik ein. Der Ära der Großrechner und der Personalcomputer soll ein Zeitalter folgen, in dem 'das Netz der Computer' ist. Wer dann die Fäden ziehen wird, ist längst nicht ausgemacht. Ob herkömmliche PC mit ihren Programmen die Spinne im Netz bleiben oder neue Geräte und Software sich breitmachen, darüber wird derzeit lebhaft diskutiert

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JAVA

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Ovid Technologies is launching its Java search client to enable users to access Ovid's scientific databases on the Web with full search capabilities irrespective of the type of computer used. Explains the differences between Java and HTML. The Java client increases search speed by several orders of magnitude. The Ovid client does not need to wait for individual pages to load and incorporates multi-tasking. The interface includes tree displays; thesauri; mapping; explode/implode; search fields and context sensitive help. Display; save; and e-mail are available from the client

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iQvoc is a new open source SKOS-XL vocabulary management tool developed by the Federal Environment Agency, Germany, and innoQ Deutschland GmbH. Its immediate purpose is maintaining and publishing reference vocabularies in the upcoming Linked Data cloud of environmental information, but it may be easily adapted to host any SKOS- XL compliant vocabulary. iQvoc is implemented as a Ruby on Rails application running on top of JRuby - the Java implementation of the Ruby Programming Language. To increase the user experience when editing content, iQvoc uses heavily the JavaScript library jQuery.

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Konzeption und Anwendung des Prinzips Thesaurus

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A spell book for mastering the WWW. Step by step, readers are taught how to use the Internet efficiently, and, in particular, how to publish information on the Web. After completing this book, the reader will be able, for example, to create stunning Web home pages and even take the first steps in Java programming. There are many books on the net bound to either one product, e.g. Mosaic, or to one topic, HTML. Mesaric, on the other hand, covers all WWW-related topics and all products which are in popular use. The magic revealed includes common data formats (HTML, PDF, JPEG, GIF), an introduction to Java and Java Srcipt, emerging technologies such as Hyper-G, hypermedia authoring with Haemony and Amadeus, information about ATM, TeleScript, and much more

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JAVA

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A detailed description of how to use Java applets and Common Gateway Interface (CGI)/Dynamic Link Library (DLL) programs for Web publication of textual databases. The advantages of Java applets include low cost, flexible and visually appealing search interfaces, and the ability to be embedded in HTML pages, eliminating the need for Internet service provider permissions for their use. Highlights the FindIt family of Java applets from DoubleOLogic as one of the best product lines in the category. CGI programs may be written in Perl, Java, or some other language, and like DLL programs, must be installed on the server side. Notes that small-scale CGI and DLL applications cost from $150 to $8,000. Highlights Insight from Enigma Inc. as an excellent program at the high end of the cost range

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Most books on the Internet describe it from the user's end. This one, however, is unique in its focus on serving information on the WWW. It presents everything from the basics to advanced techniques and will thus prove invaluable to site administrators and developers. The author - an expert developer and researcher at UCSD - covers such topics as HTML 3.0, serving documents, interfaces, WWW utilities and browsers such as Netscape. Fisher also includes an introduction to programming with JAVA and JAVA sript, as well as the complete VRML 1.0 specification

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Discusses drawbacks of the Java programming language, and proposes some potential improvements for concurrent object-oriented software development. Java's passive object model does not provide an effective means for building distributed applications, critical for the future of Web-based next-generation information systems. Suggests improvements to Java's existing mechanisms for maintaining consistency across multiple threads, sending asynchronous messages and controlling resources. Drives the discussion with examples and suggestions from work on the Actor model of computation

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Java

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This paper proposes the use of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) as a language for modelling ontologies for Web resources and the knowledge contained within them. To provide a mechanism for serialising and processing object diagrams representing knowledge, a pair of XSI-T stylesheets have been developed to map from XML Metadata Interchange (XMI) encodings of class diagrams to corresponding RDF schemas and to Java classes representing the concepts in the ontologies. The Java code includes methods for marshalling and unmarshalling object-oriented information between in-memory data structures and RDF serialisations of that information. This provides a convenient mechanism for Java applications to share knowledge on the Web

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Reports agreements between Ovid Technologies and 5 publishing companies (Blackwell Science, Lippincott-Raven, Munksgaard, Plenum, Willams and Wilkins) to secure the rights to the full text over 400 leading periodicals. Once the periodicals are loaded on Ovid they will be linked with other fulltext electronic periodicals to bibliographic databases to produce a web of related documents and threaded information. Concludes with notes on the Ovid Java Client graphic user interface, which offers increased speeds of searching the WWW

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Feature on OCLC's SiteSearch suite of software, first introduced in 1992, and how it is helping over 250 libraries integrate and manage their electronic library collections. Describes the new features of version 4.0, released in Apr 1997, which include a new interface, Java based architecture, and an online documentation and training site. Gives an account of how Java is helping the Georgia Library Learning Online (GALILEO) project to keep pace on the WWW; the use of SiteSearch by libraries to customize their interface to electronic resources; and gives details of Project Athena (Assessing Technological Horizons to Educate the Nashville Area), which is using OCLC SiteSearch to allow area library users to search the holdings of public and university libraries simultaneously

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The Wolverhampton Web Library (WWLib) is a WWW search engine that provides access to UK based information. The experimental version developed in 1995, was a success but highlighted the need for a much higher degree of automation. An interesting feature of the experimental WWLib was that it organised information according to DDC. Discusses the advantages of classification and describes the automatic classifier that is being developed in Java as part of the new, fully automated WWLib

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Sammelrezension mit: (1) The ABCs of XML: The Librarian's Guide to the eXtensible Markup Language. Norman Desmarais. Houston, TX: New Technology Press, 2000. 206 pp. $28.00. (ISBN: 0-9675942-0-0) und (2) Learning XML. Erik T. Ray. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates, 2003. 400 pp. $34.95. (ISBN: 0-596-00420-6)

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Tennant's collection covers a variety of well- and lesser-known XML-based pilot and prototype projects undertaken by libraries around the world. Some of the projects included are: Stanford's XMLMARC conversion, Oregon State's use of XML in interlibrary loaning, e-books (California Digital Library) and electronic scholarly publishing (University of Michigan), the Washington Research Library Consortium's XML-based Web Services, and using TEI Lite to support indexing (Halton Hills Public Library). Of the 13 projects presented, nine are sited in academe, three are state library endeavors, and one is an American public library initiative. The projects are gathered into sections grouped by seven library applications: the use of XML in library catalog records, interlibrary loan, cataloging and indexing, collection building, databases, data migration, and systems interoperability. Each project is introduced with a few paragraphs of background information. The project reports-averaging about 13 pages each-include project goals and justification, project description, challenges and lessons learned (successes and failures), future plans, implications of the work, contact information for individual(s) responsible for the project, and relevant Web links and resources. The clear strengths of this collection are in the details and the consistency of presentation. The concise project write-ups flow well and encourage interested readers to follow-up via personal contacts and URLs. The sole weakness is the price. XML in Libraries will excite and inspire institutions and organizations with technically adept staff resources and visionary leaders. Erik Ray has written a how-to book. Unlike most, Learning XML is not aimed at the professional programming community. The intended audience is readers familiar with a structured markup (HTML, TEX, etc.) and Web concepts (hypertext links, data representation). In the first six chapters, Ray introduces XMUs main concepts and tools for writing, viewing, testing, and transforming XML (chapter 1), describes basic syntax (chapter 2), discusses linking with XLink and XPointer (chapter 3), introduces Cascading Style Sheets for use with XML (chapter 4), explains document type definitions (DTDs) and schemas (chapter 5), and covers XSLT stylesheets and XPath (chapter 6). Chapter 7 introduces Unicode, internationalization and language support, including CSS and XSLT encoding. Chapter 8 is an overview of writing software for processing XML, and includes the Perl code for an XML syntax checker. This work is written very accessibly for nonprogrammers. Writers, designers, and students just starting to acquire Web technology skills will find Ray's style approachable. Concepts are introduced in a logical flow, and explained clearly. Code samples (130+), illustrations and screen shots (50+), and numerous tables are distributed throughout the text. Ray uses a modified DocBook DTD and a checkbook example throughout, introducing concepts in early chapters and adding new concepts to them. Readers become familiar with the code and its evolution through repeated exposure. The code for converting the "barebones DocBook" DTD (10 pages of code) to HTML via XSLT stylesheet occupies 19 pages. Both code examples allow the learner to sec an accumulation of snippets incorporated into a sensible whole. While experienced programmers might not need this type of support, nonprogrammers certainly do. Using the checkbook example is an inspired choice: Most of us are familiar with personal checking, even if few of us world build an XML application for it. Learning XML is an excellent textbook. I've used it for several years as a recommended text for adult continuing education courses and workshops."