The Connection MachineLeigh Dodds, Ingenta

STM Innovations, Dec 2006

A Fleeting History of Hypertext

The BookwheelLe diverse et artifiose machineAgostino 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 CitationsIngentaConnect Forward CitationsGoogle 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

Upgrading Your Browser = Upgrading The Web

Upgrading Your Browser = Upgrading The Web

Greasemonkey

Open Data Enables New Connections

The BabelProblem

The Silo Problem

Link Typing

Being a Good Hypertext Publisher

Practical Advice

Add More LinksAuthors 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

Contact & Links

Mail Me: ldodds@ingenta.com

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