1. Von Theodor Holm Nelson
exzerpiert für die Webwissenschaften
von H. Mittendorfer
2. Memex 1/49
V. Bush: „As We May Think“
V. Bush: „As We May Think“
• Indexing: When data of any sort are
placed in storage, they are filed
alphabetically or numerically.
• Information is found, by tracing it down
from subclass to subclass.
• The human mind does not work that
way. It operates by association.
3. Literature 2/9
• A literature is s system of interconnected writings
• The way people read and write is based in large part
on interconnections
• The Web of Connections in Science: She reads
current articles .. These articles refer back .. to other
writings .. is following links .. and refers to them ..
• Our Western cultural tradition is a great procession
of writings, all with links implicit and explicit
between them.
4. Non-sequential Writing 2/25
• The link facility gives us more than
the attachment ..
• It permits fully non-sequential
writing, or hypertext.
5. Links 3/23
• A link may be thought of as a jump
opportunity, like a conventional
footnote.
• If the author wants, such opportunities
become part of the text structure.
• If you (the reader) don’t like it there, hit
some sort of Return Button.
6. In-links, Out-links 2/31
• Ordinarily a document
consists of contents
(including history and
alternatives) and its out-
links.
• In-links are those stored
elsewhere which point
to it.
8. Design 2/5
• The structure of documents and links to
be described here is, for a computer
system, unusually simple.
• The user has no direct contact with
technicalities.
9. Front End - Back End 2/7
• What we will discuss
here is representing the
true structure of a
certain kind of
Information (in the Back
End), not how to show
it (on the Front End)
10. Xanadu™3/4
• The Xanadu™Hypertext System is a
new form of storage intended to
simplify and calrify computer use, and
make possible new forms of
instantaneous electronic publication.