An Agenda for Open Hypermedia Research

The historical development of hypermedia systems can be rized as a series of successive abstractions of functionality away from the "core" hypermedia server, often resulting in a new open layer in the hypermedia environment ture. Recently, this trend of abstraction has been applied to the hypermedia server itself, replacing the notion of a single, closed hypermedia server with an open layer of structure servers. This newest development brings with it a new set of challenges and research issues for open hypermedia researchers. In this paper, we discuss these issues, review some of our collective applicable experience with contemporary open hypermedia systems and other work, and point out some of the more pressing and intriguing open questions that we feel are facing open hypermedia researchers today. We also examine the "split" in the current hypermedia research community between "system" and "domain" researchers and the still-present need for in...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1998
• Where: HT
• Authors: Peter J. Nürnberg, John J. Leggett, Uffe Kock Wiil
• Keywords: HT 1998, Hypermedia, Hypermedia Server, Internet Technology, Open Hypermedia