PC-Hypertext: Information Parsing Step 2. The digital information was parsed (partitioned) into individual nodes (ASCII and graphic files) according to a hierarchical structure derived from the primary reference sources (Richardson, 1980). Each file was assigned a descriptive label (descriptor that indicated the thematic or idea content of the file) and a filename. File size was determined by idea content, with each file representing a single idea as a component entity capable of conveying a specific sense of the contextual relevance and meaning of the information it contains. PC-Hypertext: Information Acquisition PC-Hypertext: Associative Links Scanners