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NASA Access Mechanism: Lessons Learned Document

NASA Access Mechanism: Lessons Learned Document

Nasa, National Aeronautics and Space Adm

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Astronomy & Space

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ISBN10: 1729351867
ISBN13: 9781729351864
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 28 2018
Pages: 44
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.09 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
The six-month beta test of the NASA Access Mechanism (NAM) prototype was completed on June 30, 1993. This report documents the lessons learned from the use of this Graphical User Interface to NASA databases such as the NASA STI Database, outside databases, Internet resources, and peers in the NASA R&D community. Design decisions, such as the use of XWindows software, a client-server distributed architecture, and use of the NASA Science Internet, are explained. Users' reactions to the interface and suggestions for design changes are reported, as are the changes made by the software developers based on new technology for information discovery and retrieval. The lessons learned section also reports reactions from the public, both at demonstrations and in response to articles in the trade press and journals. Recommendations are included for future versions, such as a World Wide Web (WWW) and Mosaic based interface to heterogeneous databases, and NAM-Lite, a version which allows customization to include utilities provided locally at NASA Centers. Burdick, Lisa and Dunbar, Rick and Duncan, Denise and Generous, Curtis and Hunter, Judy and Lycas, John and Taber-Dudas, Ardeth Unspecified Center

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