These documents were at one point Design Issues notes,
but have either become obolete, or less relevant, or been overtaken by events, or just abandoned.
This lists decisions to be made in the design or selection of a hypermedia
information system. It assumes familiarity with the concept of
hypertext. A summary of the uses of hypertext systems is followed by
a list of features which may or may not be available. Some of the
points appear in the Comms ACM July 88 articles on various hypertext
systems. Some points were discussed also at ECHT90 . Tentative answers to some design decisions
from the CERN perspective are included.
Here are the criteria and features to be considered:
These are the three important issues which require agreement between systems which can work together
Other historical notes which are not otherwise referenced in this overview: |
Other historical notes