Introductory Hypertext Readings
This is a list of references that I suggest to people who are
starting to become interested in hypertext. My main research interest is
in the automatic generation of hypertext from plaintext sources such as
journal articles. Since I concentrate on text, I can't strongly recommend
anything about hypermedia.
I created this list on 3 October 1994. This updated version was
created in October 1995. In May 1996 I changed the top-level heading to
include a link to a list of all my HTML documents about hypertext. The
links here lead to another version of this document that has full citation
information, but none of my comments. A better way to make the
bibliography would be like the dynamic version of my list of technical books, but I don't want to
spend the time to write it.
See Also
If you don't know what hypertext is then you should read my
collection of hypertext definitions.
If you are interested in this list then you might also benefit by
reading the selections in my collection of hypertext bookmarks and the alt.hypertext FAQ list.
J. Blustein (http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~jamie)
Readings
- Hypertext: An Introduction and Survey by Jeff Conklin
- Probably the most cited introductory article about link-based HT.
- Reflections on Notecards: Seven Issue for the Next Generation of
Hypermedia Systems by Frank G. Halasz
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- Abstract:
- NoteCards, developed by a team at Xerox PARC, was designed to support
the task of tranforming a chaotic collection of unrelated thoughts into an
integrated, orderly interpretation of ideas and their interconnections.
This article presents NoteCards as a foil against which to explore some of
the major limitations of the current generation of hypermedia systems, and
characterizes the issues that must be addressed in designing the next
generation systems.
- The Data Model is the Heart of Interface Design by
Robert Akscyn, Elise Yoder and Donald McCracken
- As We May Think by Vannevar Bush
- Believed to be the first description of hypertext.
- Don't Link Me In: Set Base Hypermedia for Taxonomic
Reasoning by H. van Dyke Parunak
- Summary:
- Nodes are grouped into sets/navigation within sets and at
intersection of sets.
- Small, Medium, and Large Hypertext by Roy Rada
- Traces origin of word hypertext to 1704 and identifies three
types of HT in a review style.
- Literary Machines by Theodor Holm Nelson
- The original definition of hypertext and a proposal for a world wide
franchise called Xanadu.
- Mapping Hypertext Analysis Linkage, and Display of Knowledge
for the Next Generation of On-Line Text and Graphics by Robert
E. Horn
- Horn describes hypertext, as a graph of nodes connected by links, and a
proprietary technology called Information Mapping. The book is presented
with many cross-references and icons to approximate a hypertext document.
The appendix contains information about germinal figures and ideas in the
development of hypertext and some related areas. A good overview and
introduction to one type of hypertext.
- Hypertext and Hypermedia by Jakob Nielsen
- The annotated bibliography is of particular interest.
- Multimedia and Hypertext: the Internet and beyond by
Jakob Nielsen
- From Electronic Books to Electronic Libraries: Revisiting
`Reading and Writing the Electronic Book' by Nicole
Yankelovich
- Reviewed in Computing Reviews (March 1994).
- The World Wide Web project
- Currently the world's largest hypertext. The project uses the Internet
to connect using a client server architecture. Documents are connected by
links. Most documents are presented in a marked up form. The methods are
a developing standard. See also the comp.infosystems.www.*
Usenet newsgroups.
- A Literary Apprentice by Elli Mylonas and Mark
Bernstein
- Hypertext, Hypermedia, and the Humanities by Erwin
K. Welsch
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- Abstract:
- Hypertext/Hypermedia (HT/HM) systems in the humanities have evolved
significantly in the last decade and particularly since 1985. The writings
of humanist scholars are important in understanding the use of theis
comparatively new medium for information access and use. HT/HM
applications in the humanities show signifigant promise for the future but
may also present libraries with special problems. This article provides
historical background on HT/HM; focuses on their use in the humanities;
describes humanities projects that illustrate trends and techniques;
discusses libraries roles in HT/HM humanities computing; and concludes with
a description of challenges and opportunites as librarians implement such
systems.
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