What is hypertext?

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="061005f0ermwup.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Performance Centered Design</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Performance Centered Design"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> back to the start of<B>  </B><A HREF="id113.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hypermedia / Information Engineering Kn"><U><B>Hypermedia / Information Engineering & Knowledge Management</B></U></A><B> </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>  </B><A HREF="id113.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hypermedia / Information Engineering Kn"><U><B><IMG SRC="05e0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>      </B><A HREF="id164.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hypertext and the Performance Zone"><U><B><IMG SRC="05f0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id167.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hypertext Principle 1"><U><B><IMG SRC="0600e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="id164.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hypertext and the Performance Zone"><U>Hypertext and the Performance Zone</U></A></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8bf000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">What is hypertext?</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id167.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hypertext Principle 1"><U>Hypertext Principle #1</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id168.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hypertext Principle 2"><U>Hypertext Principle #2</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id169.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hypertext Principle 3"><U>Hypertext Principle #3</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id173.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hypertext Considerations"><U>Hypertext Considerations</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id170.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Appropriateness for Conversion"><U>Appropriateness for Conversion</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id171.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Screen Areas for Hypertexts"><U>Screen Areas for Hypertexts</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id172.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hierarchies"><U>Hierarchies</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id174.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The OED"><U>The OED</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id175.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Conclusions"><U>Conclusions</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id179.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Process for PCD"><U>Process for PCD</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=385 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> What is hypertext?</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Mono30b500e400f011111100.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="32" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">a) a right-brain artistic panacea that is a revolutionary new concept</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Mono30b500e400f011111100.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="32" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">b)     ‘hype’ + something else</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Mono30b500e400f011111100.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="32" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">c)     an evolutionary concept for increasing the accessibility and usefulness of on-line text in a user interface</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Mono30b500e400f011111100.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Your answer: _______</div> <bR> <div> Hopefully, it is (c).</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="479" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#A6CAF0 HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="473"><div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" ><B>Creating a</B></FONT><B> usable hypertext means synthesizing </B><I><B>content</B></I><B>, </B><I><B>structure</B></I><B>, </B><I><B>semantic encoding</B></I><B>, and </B><I><B>wayfinding.</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B>Wayfinding means </B><B>providing human beings with the answers to four simple questions:</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>1. Where am I now? </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>2. Where do I want to go? </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>3. Am I on the right path? </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>4. Am I there yet? </B></I></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>