Assessing Information Needs of Diverse Users to Guide Web Design and Content Development  

This paper presents a qualitative study of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's diverse users and their mental models regarding injury-related content. The study employed an innovative modified contextual inquiry method utilizing tailored, in-depth interviews with five distinct user groups. Included in this paper is a detailed description of the background, framework, and method used for this study. Analysis of the full results was still in process at the due date of this paper. The results will be in the presentation's slide set and available from the STC website www.stc.org.

Pettit Jones, Colleen and Susan J. Robinson. STC Proceedings (2004). Articles>Web Design>Scientific Communication>Biomedical

Converting Science News for the Web

With the Internet emerging as a primary newsgathering source, many traditional media outlets have converted their products for online viewing. This paper explores how two science news magazines, New Scientist and Science News, have approached this challenge. Elements of hyptertext theory are also included.

Carsten, Laura D. EServer (2001). Articles>Web Design>Writing>Scientific Communication

XML in Mathematical Web Services

We describe how two XML-based data formats, OpenMath and Content MathML, are used in a mathematical service toolkit based on the Maple computer algebra system. This service toolkit is based on a configuration engine that provides the appropriate conversions between the mathematical XML data formats, builds the necessary Maple program, and installs the necessary extensions to a generic Web services engine.

Dewar, Mike, Elena Smirnova and Stephen M. Watt. IDEAlliance (2005). Articles>Web Design>Scientific Communication>Mathematics