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hypermedia
Last modified: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 

An extension to hypertext that supports linking graphics, sound, and video elements in addition to text elements. The World Wide Web is a partial hypermedia system since is supports graphical hyperlinks and links to sound and video files. New hypermedia systems under development will allow objects in computer videos to be hyperlinked.

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Hypertext FAQ
Contains answers to frequently asked questions about hypertext from the alt.hypertext newsgroup.

Yahoo!'s Hypermedia Page
Yahoo!'s directory of hypermedia.

Adaptive Hypermedia: From Systems to Framework
Adaptive hypermedia is a direction of research on the crossroads of hypertext (hypermedia) and user modeling.

Fusing WWW and Link Server Technology: One Approach
This position paper explores how a fusion between distributed link data systems, as exemplified by the World-Wide Web (WWW), and link server systems, as exemplified by the Open Hypermedia Systems (OHS) community.

Keyword and Citation Hypertexts: New directions for the DLS
The Distributed Link Software (DLS) that was a WWW implementation of the hypertext ideas demonstrated in the Microcosm environment.

Open Hypermedia Systems Working Group
The Open Hypermedia Systems Working Group (OHSWG) was formed at the second workshop on open hypermedia systems, held in April 1996, in Washington, DC, in conjunction with the 1996 ACM Conference on Hypertext. The original purpose of defining an open hypermedia protocol for OHS clients has evolved into an effort to standardize general hypermedia systems work. This broader effort is driven by the desire to maximize the applicability of the last decade of hypermedia systems and infrastructure research.

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