Presented at Videotex '84 conference (Before we Called it the Web). The existing descriptors are Transactional, Publishing and Visual Design. The new metaphor is "Interactive Architecture". The new model is the Information Community. We now have "the emerging role of the Interactive Architect". This holistic view implies a new set of markets, skills, tools and techniques, including: "Windowed" environments Standard Symbology Metadata Tagging VIEW MORE ON JCVTCS.COM http://www.jcvtcs.com/-papers-tcs/interactive-architecture.html BACKGROUND: What Was Videotex? http://www.jcvtcs.com/-experience/wayback-what-is-videotex.html Browsing History http://www.jcvtcs.com/-experience/wayback-browser-history.html Visual Delight http://www.jcvtcs.com/-experience/wayback-naplps-graphics.html TCS is Born http://www.jcvtcs.com/-experience/wayback-tcs-inc.html Before the Web http://www.jcvtcs.com/-experience/index-videotex.html This is the Portfolio of my work as a usability designer in the emerging interactive arena from 1981-87.