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The Connection Machine Leigh Dodds, Ingenta STM Innovations, Dec 2006
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A talk given at the STM Innovations seminar in December 2006. The talk provides a fleeting history of hypertext and suggests that many recent innovations in web technology were pre-dated by early hypertext research, and hence this proves to be fertile territory for looking for new directions. The presentation also suggests how publishers can be "Good hypertext publishers" and promotes the idea of "deep web integration".
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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
