The Connection Machine Leigh Dodds, Ingenta STM Innovations, Dec 2006

A Fleeting History of Hypertext

The Bookwheel Le diverse et artifiose machine Agostino Ramelli, 1588

[B]y " hypertext " I mean non-sequential writing -- text that branches and allows choices to the reader, best read at an interactive screen -- Ted Nelson, Literary Machines

The Web as an Hypertext Application

Links Didn't Break

http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature03917

Electronic Graffiti Annotating & Commenting

Bi-Directional Linking a.k.a “Who is linking to this page?”

link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext

Back Link Implementations Scholarly Research: CrossRef Forward Citations IngentaConnect Forward Citations Google Scholar “Cited By” Blogging: Trackback, Pingback, and Referrer Tracking

Scholarly Research:

CrossRef Forward Citations

IngentaConnect Forward Citations

Google Scholar “Cited By”

Blogging:

Trackback, Pingback, and Referrer Tracking

Other Hypertext Features One-to-Many Links (“Fat Links”) Source Tracking & Document Comparisons Transclusions (“Deep quotability”) Rich multimedia , interactive content Navigation maps Can be implemented in client-side Javascript and CSS Support in Wikis that track versions and support viewing differences Limited support, e.g. Links to images and other media; “Purple Numbers” & PurpleWiki; hInclude Mapping, Timelines, Calendaring, Video blogging Site maps, Treemaps, Tag clouds, Grokker

One-to-Many Links (“Fat Links”)

Source Tracking &

Document Comparisons

Transclusions (“Deep quotability”)

Rich multimedia , interactive content

Navigation maps

Can be implemented in client-side Javascript and CSS

Support in Wikis that track versions and support viewing differences

Limited support, e.g. Links to images and other media; “Purple Numbers” & PurpleWiki; hInclude

Mapping, Timelines, Calendaring, Video blogging

Site maps, Treemaps, Tag clouds, Grokker

Upgrading Your Browser = Upgrading The Web

Upgrading Your Browser = Upgrading The Web Greasemonkey

Open Data Enables New Connections

The Babel Problem

The Silo Problem

Link Typing

Being a Good Hypertext Publisher

Practical Advice Add More Links Authors and Data Embrace Deep Linking Clean Up Your URLs Promote Browser Extensions Avoid An Arms Race Embrace Open Data

Add More Links

Authors and Data

Embrace Deep Linking

Clean Up Your URLs

Promote Browser Extensions

Avoid An Arms Race

Embrace Open Data

Microformats Embedding Metadata for Machines into Pages for Humans

Summary The Web is an Hypertext Application Deep web integration increases usability Publish Good Hypertext Microformats deliver low cost Open Data

The Web is an Hypertext Application

Deep web integration increases usability

Publish Good Hypertext

Microformats deliver low cost Open Data

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