The World Wide Web: a review of an emerging internet-based technology for the distribution of biomedical information

The Internet is rapidly evolving from a resource used primarily by the research community to a true global information network offering a wide range of databases and services. This evolution presents many opportunities for improved access to biomedical information, but Internet-based resources have...

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Published in:Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 1996-01, Vol.3 (1), p.1-14
Main Authors: Lowe, H J, Lomax, E C, Polonkey, S E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer Communication Networks - organization & administration
Computer Graphics
Computer Security
Information Services
Information Storage and Retrieval
User-Computer Interface
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Summary:The Internet is rapidly evolving from a resource used primarily by the research community to a true global information network offering a wide range of databases and services. This evolution presents many opportunities for improved access to biomedical information, but Internet-based resources have often been difficult for the non-expert to develop and use. The World Wide Web (WWW) supports an inexpensive, easy-to-use, cross-platform, graphic interface to the Internet that may radically alter the way we retrieve and disseminate medical data. This paper summarizes the Internet and hypertext origins of the WWW, reviews WWW-specific technologies, and describes current and future applications of this technology in medicine and medical informatics. The paper also includes an appendix of useful biomedical WWW servers.
ISSN:1067-5027
1527-974X
DOI:10.1136/jamia.1996.96342645