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In computing, hypertext is a user interface paradigm for displaying documents which, according to an early definition (Nelson 1970), "branch or perform on request." The most frequently discussed form of hypertext document contains automated cross-references to other documents called hyperlinks. Selecting a hyperlink causes the computer to display the linked document within a very short period of time.
A document can be static (prepared and stored in advance) or dynamically generated (in response to user input). Therefore, a well-constructed hypertext system can encompass, incorporate or supersede many other user interface paradigms like menus and command lines, and can be used to access both static collections of cross-referenced documents and interactive applications. The documents and applications can be local or can come from anywhere with the assistance of a computer network like the Internet. The most famous implementation of hypertext is the World Wide Web.
The term "hypertext" is often used where the term hypermedia would be more appropriate.
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ACM Special Interest Group for Hypertext and Hypermedia and the Web - Host of annual, international conferences since 1987. Access to full papers from the conferences in the ACM digital library, in addition to newsletters and conference information.
Meta Description: [ ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) SIG WEB Special Interest Group on Hypermedia and the Web ]
alt.hypertext FAQ - Answers to questions frequently asked in alt.hypertext and references to other online resources about hypertext and hypermedia.
Meta Description: [ Answers to questions frequently asked in alt.hypertext and
references to other online resources about hypertext and hypermedia. ]
BeeHive - Hypertext and hypermedia literary journal.
Meta Description: [ BeeHive - hypertext/hypermedia literary journal ]
Digital Literature: From Text to Hypertext and Beyond - Raine Koskimaa's PhD thesis, which develops critical approaches to reading hypertext through close readings of several hypertext fictions.
Encyclopaedia and Hypertext - Hypertext as an object of philosophical reflection. The three main research topics are From Encyclopaedia to Hypertext, Hypertext and Text Theory, and The Image Atlas of Aby Warburg.
Hipertulia - Forum whose aim is to introduce hypertext and hyperfiction to the Spanish-speaking public. Includes some articles in English.
ht_lit Mailing List - Instructions on how to join ht_lit, a low-traffic but valuable list a lot of hypertext theorists are members of.
HyperContent, HyperJunk - Hypertext theory as if the WWWeb matters. Includes a timeline of hypertext evolution and a concise taxonomy of varieties of hypertext, with examples and links.
Hyperizons - Theory and Criticism of Hypertext Fiction, by Michael Shumate.
HyperLiterature/HyperTheory - Resource offering links and bibliography.
Hypertext Resources at Eastgate - Resource list by specialists in hypertextual fiction and theory.
Indra's Net or Hologography - Introduction to some of the work in 'machine modulated poetry' which John Cayley has been developing since the late 1970s.
Lisbeth Klastrup: A Study of Interactive Reading - An MA thesis written in 1997 discussing, among other works, Joyce's afternoon, Moulthrop's Victory Garden and Gaarder's Sophie's World
Nestvold, Ruth: The use of the second person in electronic fiction - Essay discussing second person narration in hypertext fiction and text adventures. First presented at the IALS conference in Freiburg in 1997.
Meta Description: [ It's a Writer's Life, home page of Ruth Nestvold, writer and translator. ]
Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies - An online, not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to research, study, teach, support, and create diverse and dynamic elements of cyberculture. Book reviews, and bibliographies.
Suite101: Lit[art]ure - Interviews with new media poets and net artists, reviews of websites, criticism, articles and discussion. Part of Suite101, a volunteer editing project.
Meta Description: [ ,An examination and review of new media, including interviews with the practitioners, reviews of sites and works, and theory. - dewey decimal 709.05700.105 ]
The Hypertext Kitchen - Portal.
The New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia - Annual peer-reviewed review journal on the practical and theoretical developments in hypermedia and hypertext. Of interest both to technical developers and to esthetical or cultural theorists. Print journal, abstracts available online.
Weblog Kitchen: Hypertext Theory - An entry point for discussion of hypertext theory, rhetoric, and related topics.
Writing Lives. Technology, Creativity and Hypertext Fiction - Michael Shumate's Masters Thesis for Duke's Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program, completed in August 1996.
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