Multimedia Information Presentation for DSS - Related Information Sources

 The DSS Research Resources WWW site maintained by Daniel Power offers a rich collection of on-line information related to Decision Support Systems (DSS) in general. This DSS specific catalog is located at

• http://power.cba.uni.edu/DJP/DSShome.html

Of particular interest is a directory focussing on companies that provide DSS software products like for example tools for information presentation.

Information concerning data visualization tools for DSS is also available from the Data Warehousing Information Center provided by LGI Systems Inc. The Web page specifically related to report and query tools for DSS in business applications is located at

• http://pwp.starnetinc.com/larryg/query.html

An excellent overview of multimedia related information sources on the Web can be found at GMD , the German National Research Center for Information Technology:

• http://viswiz.gmd.de/MultimediaInfo/

This collection was initially compiled in connection with the book by Gibbs and Tsichritzis [1995] on multimedia programming.

The Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) is the file format standard for 3D multimedia and shared virtual worlds on the Internet. Some useful online ressources related to VRML are listed below.

The official Web site of the VRML Consortium is located at:

• http://www.vrml.org/

SDSC, the San Diego Supercomputer Center, maintains a comprehensive VRML repository, which can be found under the following WWW address:

• http://www.sdsc.edu/vrml/

The ``Annotated VRML 97 Reference Manual'' is an online version in HTML format of the book by Carey and Bell [1997] and is freely accessible at:

• http://www.best.com/~rikk/Book/

One of the topic sites provided by the Mining Company is specifically devoted to VRML and offers in particular site reviews, feature articles and discussion areas. The VRML topic site is available online at:

• http://vrml.miningco.com/