Back to the future: hypertext the way it used to be

ABSTRACT

Others imitate paper (Word, Acrobat) and the constant 3D world we live in ("Virtual Reality"). Our system instead tries to create documents better than paper in a space better than reality.

REFERENCES

• 1: T. H. Nelson, Complex information processing: a file structure for the complex, the changing and the indeterminate, Proceedings of the 1965 20th national conference, p.84-100, August 24-26, 1965, Cleveland, Ohio, United States [doi>10.1145/800197.806036]
• 2: Bush, Vannevar: As We May Think. Atlantic Monthly, (July 1945). http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/194507/bush
• 3: XanaduSpace is available at http://xanarama.com.
• 4: Nelson, Theodor H: Transliterature: A Humanist Format for Re-Usable Documents and Media. http://transliterature.org/
• 5: Nelson, Theodor H: The Generalization of Media. Forthcoming, draft at http://xanadu.com/XanaduSpace/xuGzn.htm
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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.7 Digital Libraries
          Subjects: Standards

Additional Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.7 DOCUMENT AND TEXT PROCESSING
      I.7.1 Document and Text Editing
          Subjects: Document management; Version control

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.8 PERSONAL COMPUTING
      K.8.1 Application Packages
          Subjects: Word processing

General Terms:
Design

Keywords:
document structure, hypertext, parallel documents, transclusion