Ariel software is a product of Research Libraries Group in Palo Alto, California. It enables transmission of printed literature over the Internet from one Ariel Workstation to another. DocView is designed to be compatible with Ariel, so DocView can also receive documents sent by any Ariel Workstation. This method of transmission is very similar to fax, except that the Internet is the channel for communication, rather than a telephone company. DocView's built-in Windows Sockets software emulates Ariel protocols, and permits Ariel to easily access DocView in addition to other Ariel Workstations.
This is a form of data compression commonly applied to images. Group 3 compression, used by most facsimile machines, is a one dimensional algorithm that reduces image data line by line. Group 4 compression is a two dimensional algorithm that produces better compression results than Group 3, and is used by Ariel systems. CCITT stands for Comite Consultatif Internationale de Telegraphie et Telephonie. In the early 1990's the CCITT organization changed its name to ITU-T (International Telecommunications Union-Telecommunication), but the old French name lives on.
FTP Servers have been around since the early days of Internet. They have long since provided the simplest form of making information widely available over the Net. It is possible to put scanned documents on FTP Servers and make them available over the Internet. They can be accessed by using an Internet client application such as a Gopher client or World Wide Web client. The client will access and download the documents to the local PC hard disk. If the document is a TIFF image, the client can run DocView, which can display the image.
Group on Electronic Document Interchange is an international agreement for the format of image documents to be exchanged among different computing environments. This is the format used by Ariel systems. Basically, it consists of a multipage TIFF document and a GEDI header.
Gopher Servers appeared in the late 1980s, and provide a means of making information available over the Internet. It is possible to put scanned documents on Gopher Servers and make them available over the Internet. They can be accessed by using an Internet client application such as a Gopher client or World Wide Web client. The client will access and download the documents to the local PC hard disk. If the document is a TIFF image, the client can run DocView, which can display the image.
Internet
The Internet is the world's largest network of computers. It has over 30 million users, and that number is increasing at the rate of more than 1 million people per month.
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)
MIME email is a new way of sending information over the internet through email. It permits the sender to attach any file, including document images, to an email message and send it over the Internet. The email is received by a MIME email client, which removes the attached file and launches an appropriate viewer or program for handling the file.
Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP)
SLIP is one of two commonly used methods for providing a dial-up connection to the Internet through a modem. It provides to the connected computer the entire range of Internet capabilities that the computer would have through a direct connection, although at a slower speed.
PPP is one of two commonly used methods for providing a dial-up connection to the Internet through a modem. It provides to the connected computer the entire range of Internet capabilities that the computer would have through a direct connection, although at a slower speed.
TIFF, or Tagged Image File Format, is an industry standard method of defining information about an image or group of images contained in a file. The file contains tags, or pieces of information, that describe various aspects of the image so that computer programs can correctly process the images for display or printing.
World Wide Web Servers are the newest means of making information available over the Internet. They are the fastest growing in popularity. It is possible to put scanned documents on Web Servers and make them available over the Internet. They can be accessed by using an Internet World Wide Web browser application such as Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer. The browser will access and download the documents to the local PC hard disk. If the document is a TIFF image, the browser can run DocView, which will display the images.