PATTERN LANGUAGE II/VI
(Example For Internet Navigation)
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WHERE IS THE DIFFERENCE ?
 The Pattern Language
The definite pattern language, which is included in every newspaper, every book or publication, is determined by formal attributes as importance and news, text and readability, type and size, colors and symbols, contents and make-ups, the relationship between script and pictures, just the unity of in and out. The development of such a language is especially necessary for the transmission of information and knowledge.
Conditionally on the different possibilities for investigation and term finding, the need for integrating in form and therefore in value is particularly growing in these media.
The Sources And Roots
The declaration of origin, belonging and URL - the media-typical categorisation, this wish of likenessness identification is correlative with the informational ethical principles. Their effort on informational as well as structural clearness can lead to the coming out of an informational language and to the creating of a new kind of informational confidence.
Mediatypical Classification
This classification by theme, source and origin, date and position may and must be designed in a way completely different from that of the common form. Therefore can the remark on the extended possibilities of searching and finding, the connecting and contexturisation can possibly be an adequate substitute for the subtle structural helps, which for instance provide us a direct impression of what we are holding in our left respective right hand, of what we have already read what still remains to be read when we are reading a newspaper.
Sedimentation And Alternatives
Wrenched scraps of information from the paper world, sedimented and isolated are now able to be put in a wise context again. Through the binding of these rests, words and syllables into structures, the verification of data, the offer of alternatives and the search procedures with all these methods can our usual projection procedural of these thoughts, ideas, scripts, just pictures or other media be portrayed. Nevertheless it produces even not a multimedia world, but furthermore a new plain with new and clearly defined border areas, central is still and for ever the mere message, only their perception will be changed.
The View Over The Edge
The changing of the point of view is connected with the abolition of the one-sided consumption of information. A clearly given remark on the sources and the structure, just a kind of medial transparency, could also give a stimulus for an active engagement in this production process. At least this new definition of the relationship between informant and recipient can cause a new handling and merging, a necessary (un)determined kind of confidence and the breaking up of the one-way street information highway.
FILTER ALGORITHMS
Visitor/Resident
Any information given by the (wired) media is dependent in its meaning and content from the perception of the participant, who values the data by its own knowledge base and that's why the access to determined facts should maybe separated or organized in different fields, in visitors and residents, guests or members, public or private. Only the opportunity of a private information pool or safe communication area will lead us to a broad public discussion.
Language
The same for different languages - because of different origin, cultural heritage, language skills or social level it could be very important to construct a multilingual interface. Especially in the hyper national structures of the Internet this would be a closer step to potential users or partners and enriches and increases the area of international broadcast and information exchange.
Resolution and Media
Not only the cultural or educational background should be considered, but also the primitive technical or structural attributes, because these are reflecting and interacting onto the interface to the user needs and opportunities. Therefore should exist several levels of resolution, media forms and formats and offered alternatives. In addition, these facts can only be valued, if detailed data of type, size, time, connection etc. are given.
Structure
That means, especially in an inpersonal environment as like the net it is important for the personal orientation to get equal or adequate information's as in the real world. This includes a referable database, credits and any kind of information, orientation and positioning system, that allows us to escape, navigate and to explore.
General
By the way, the same is also for the structure itself, also this kind of semantic and thematically helper should be generated in a redundant way, in other words, also the orientation system has to be offered on different level as graphics and text to reach all potential.
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