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Citation: Thomas R. Gruber and James Rice. (1996) Model-Based Virtual Document Generation. In KSL-96-16, May,1996.

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author Thomas R. Gruber and James Rice
title Model-Based Virtual Document Generation
number KSL-96-16
institution Knowledge Systems, AI Laboratory
address Palo Alto, California
year 1996
month May
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abstract Virtual documents are hypermedia documents that are generated on demand in response to reader input. This paper describes a virtual document application that generates natural language explanations about the structure and behavior of electromechanical systems. The application, called DME, structures the interaction with the reader as a question-answer dialog. Each page of the hyperdocument is the answer to a question, and each link on each page is a follow-up question that leads to another answer. DME is a model-based virtual document generator; unlike conventional database front-ends that provide views onto data, DME dynamically constructs the document's content (i.e., coherent explanations in English) from underlying mathematical and symbolic models. DME-based virtual documents have been running on the WWW since late 1993. They are used to document engineered systems in support of collaborative design and simulation-based training. In this paper we describe and demonstrate the DME application (with examples that run), and describe how it generates virtual documents on the Web. We discuss the impact that model-based virtual documentation can have on the way technical documentation is authored and delivered.

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Abstract Virtual documents are hypermedia documents … Virtual documents are hypermedia documents that are generated on demand in response to reader input. This paper describes a virtual document application that generates natural language explanations about the structure and behavior of electromechanical systems. The application, called DME, structures the interaction with the reader as a question-answer dialog. Each page of the hyperdocument is the answer to a question, and each link on each page is a follow-up question that leads to another answer. DME is a model-based virtual document generator; unlike conventional database front-ends that provide views onto data, DME dynamically constructs the document's content (i.e., coherent explanations in English) from underlying mathematical and symbolic models. DME-based virtual documents have been running on the WWW since late 1993. They are used to document engineered systems in support of collaborative design and simulation-based training. In this paper we describe and demonstrate the DME application (with examples that run), and describe how it generates virtual documents on the Web. We discuss the impact that model-based virtual documentation can have on the way technical documentation is authored and delivered. l documentation is authored and delivered.
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