TY - GEN
T1 - Token-based access to digital information
AU - Holmquist, Lars Erik
AU - Redström, Johan
AU - Ljungstrand, Peter
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Several systems have been designed where a physical object is used to access digital information that is stored outside the object, but as yet no common vocabulary exists to describe such systems. We introduce a schema with three types of physical objects that can be linked to digital information: Containers are generic objects used to move information between different devices or platforms; tokens are used to access stored information, the nature of which is physically reflected in the token in some way; and tools are used to manipulate digital information. This paper gives special notice to token-based access system, and design implications for such systems are discussed. As an example of token-based access we have implemented WebStickers, where physical objects can be coupled with WWW pages. We present some examples of how tokens are used to access digital information in this system, and discuss future work in this area.
AB - Several systems have been designed where a physical object is used to access digital information that is stored outside the object, but as yet no common vocabulary exists to describe such systems. We introduce a schema with three types of physical objects that can be linked to digital information: Containers are generic objects used to move information between different devices or platforms; tokens are used to access stored information, the nature of which is physically reflected in the token in some way; and tools are used to manipulate digital information. This paper gives special notice to token-based access system, and design implications for such systems are discussed. As an example of token-based access we have implemented WebStickers, where physical objects can be coupled with WWW pages. We present some examples of how tokens are used to access digital information in this system, and discuss future work in this area.
U2 - 10.1007/3-540-48157-5_22
DO - 10.1007/3-540-48157-5_22
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84957707751
SN - 9783540665502
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 234
EP - 245
BT - Handheld and Ubiquitous Computing - 1st International Symposium, HUC 1999, Proceedings
PB - Springer
T2 - 1st International Symposium on Handheld and Ubiquitous Computing, HUC 1999
Y2 - 27 September 1999 through 29 September 1999
ER -