The IPIS-Hypertext System was assembled as a test of the potential of the hypertext concept for preservation applications. The intent was to not only respond to the programmatic demands that guided the assembly of the HSPD, but to expand on its capabilities by implementing intuitive and discretionary navigation in an associative reference structure. The product was a prototype application that put preservation information into an accessible, integrated environment which would allow the system user to focus on evaluation and synthesis of information rather than the gathering of information. Hypertext Introduction Three Principles of Good Hypertext Applications: Project Jefferson and IBIS PC-Hypertext: Introduction