Hypertexts are multilinear, granular, interactive, integrable and multimedia documents describable with graph theory and composed of several information units (nodes) interconnected by links that users can freely and indefinitely cover by following a plurality of possible different paths. Hypertexts are particularly widespread in the digital environment, but they existed (and still exist) also in non-digital forms, such as paper encyclopedias and printed academic journals, both consisting of information subunits densely linked between them. This article reviews the definitions, characteristics, components, typologies, history and applications of hypertexts, with particular attention to their theoretical and practical developments from 1945 to present day and to their use for the organization of information and knowledge.

Gli ipertesti sono documenti multilineari, granulari, interattivi, integrabili e multimediali descrivibili con la graph theory e composti da più unità informative (nodi) collegate fra loro mediante links liberamente e indefinitivamente percorribili dagli utenti seguendo una pluralità di possibili paths diversi. Gli ipertesti sono particolarmente diffusi in ambiente digitale, ma ne esistevano (e ne esistono tuttora) anche di non digitali, come ad esempio le enciclopedie cartacee e i printed academic journals, entrambi composti da sottounità informative densamente linked fra loro. This article passa in rassegna definizioni, caratteristiche, componenti, tipologie, storia e applicazioni degli ipertesti, con particolare attenzione ai loro sviluppi teorici e pratici dal 1945 a oggi e al loro impiego per l’organizzazione dell’informazione e della conoscenza.

Hypertext (version 1.0)

Riccardo Ridi
2017-01-01

Abstract

Hypertexts are multilinear, granular, interactive, integrable and multimedia documents describable with graph theory and composed of several information units (nodes) interconnected by links that users can freely and indefinitely cover by following a plurality of possible different paths. Hypertexts are particularly widespread in the digital environment, but they existed (and still exist) also in non-digital forms, such as paper encyclopedias and printed academic journals, both consisting of information subunits densely linked between them. This article reviews the definitions, characteristics, components, typologies, history and applications of hypertexts, with particular attention to their theoretical and practical developments from 1945 to present day and to their use for the organization of information and knowledge.
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