The Netcentric Community is designed to help pioneers on the new frontier of netcentric computing and communications to understand this expanding world better and move around in it efficiently. Our first offering is a collection of pages that contain graphical, XML/Java-based maps based on a new principle for navigating the hyperspace frontier. These maps connect ideas in much the same way that people think - that is, by association.

The Web has grown from a few thousand web sites in the mid-90s to literally millions today. The old model of navigation based on browser-based search engines is obsolete and simply doesn't work anymore. If you can't think of the right key word you can't find what you want, and even if you do find the right key word then you get tons of things you don't want. Search engines can't identify contexts. Using a new type of engine in which you are able to filter your search by going from the general to the particular - electronics to automobiles to control systems to standards to CAN, you get where you are going directly and speedily. What's more, possible directions are presented to you that may suggest topic areas you hadn't thought of, yet they will be on target for the area you are exploring.

We are initially offering three maps: the Electronic Engineering Times (EETimes) In Focus technical article archives for the years 1999 to 2001, a map of In Focus articles for current year that will be updated regularly, and a map of the iApplianceweb.com web site, an EET Online Community focused on netcentric iappliance design and development. Instructions for using the maps will be included on each page. You'll be pleased with how easy it is.

In Focus maps are available now: iAppliance Web, Current In Focus Articles (2002), In Focus Archives (1999-2001), and Technical News Web Sites. Book mark this page and come back (when you come back, if you don't see any changes click the refresh button on your browser), or send us an e-mail and we will let you know when we add new content. To foil the spam bots that gather email addresses from websites, copy and paste this line into your e-mail program:

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Please note that this page is not sponsored by, owned by, or in any way affiliated with EETimes. It is my personal web site, owned by me and sponsored and created by Word Sculptors. I have begun with maps of EETimes sites because these are rich with content of interest to people exploring the world of netcentricity. In the future, I will offer maps from anywhere on the web where valuable information on this world and its associated technologies can be found.

TheBrain Technologies Corporation has donated the software, called SiteBrain, for creation of these maps. Word Sculptors and I wish to thank them for their interest in this project and for their generosity in supporting us while we learn.