The document discusses the development and applications of interactive paper and cross-media publishing technologies, highlighting tools such as the digital pen and paper developed by Anoto. It outlines the architecture of a content publishing framework for interactive paper, emphasizing its potential in various commercial solutions and applications. Additionally, it addresses future challenges in business models and the emerging landscape of interactive paper technology.

1. Interactive Paper and Cross-Media Publishing
Beat Signer, Moira C. Norrie, Nadir Weibel, Adriana Ispas
Global Information Systems Lab
ETH Zurich
http://vub.academia.edu/BeatSigner
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2. Paper in Everyday Settings
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3. Digital Pen and Paper
 Developed by Anoto
 Different pen manufacturers
 Logitech, Maxel, Nokia, ...
 Pattern space
 60 million km2
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4. Interactive Paper
Linking active areas to resources
image
video clip
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5. iPaper @ ETH Zurich
Tools
Cross-Media
Link Infrastructure
Applications
Publishing
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6. EdFest Project
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7. EdFest Demo
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8. EdFest Architecture Overview
Context XCM
content publishing
Engine platform
Context DB Metadata DB Appln DB
Text-to-Speech
Engine Client
ICR Software
Controller handwriting
recognition
iServer/iPaper Active
iPaper Client
cross-media Components
link server
Link DB
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9. Content Publishing Framework
iServer / iPaper
cross-media link server
XCM XML link
iPublish
definition
content publishing publishing framework
data
• paper link data
publish • active areas
Structure Style • layers
• digital resources
• user model
import PDF
XML data of XSL CSS
festival venues
and events
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10. Design of Interactive Paper Documents
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11. Rough Guide
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12. PaperProof
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13. iPaper Applications …
PaperWeb Natural History Museum
Lost Cosmonaut (Axel Vogelsang) iTable (Google Earth)
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14. Concluding Remarks
 Digital Pen and Paper technology is here
 several commercial products and applications
 mainly used for data capture from forms
 Interactive Paper is on the way
 beginnings of commercial solutions
 potential shown in research settings
 general platforms and tools emerging
 Future challenges
 business models and solutions
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15. References
 http://www.ipaper.inf.ethz.ch
 Fundamental Concepts for Interactive Paper and
Cross-Media Information Spaces, B. Signer,
Dissertation ETH Zurich Nr. 16218, 2006
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