1987/09/01 by Conklin · 6 citations
Social Sciences · Computer Science · #Software Engineering and Design Patterns #Web Applications and Data Management #Usability and User Interface Design
paper · doi:10.1109/mc.1987.1663693
openalex publication_date 1987/09/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/17
This article is a survey of existing hypertext systems, their applications, and their design. It is both an introduction to the world of hypertext and, at a deeper cut, a survey of some of the most important design issues that go into fashioning a hypertext environment. The concept of hypertext is quite simple: Windows on the screen are associated with objects in a database, and links are provided between these objects, both graphically (as labelled tokens) and in the database (as pointers). But this simple idea is creating much excitement. Several universities have created laboratories for research on hypertext, many articles have been written about the concept just within the last year, and the Smithsonian Institute has created a demonstration laboratory to develop and display hypertext technologies.