Hypermedia:


"Contemporary society's dramatic increase in reliance on
information and knowledge is giving computer based information
systems central roles in sociological, government, technological,
scientific, business, political, cultural, factory, and even in
some interpersonal relations and endeavors.  Indeed the
collection, storage, retrieval, processing, dissemination, and
application of data has become society's primary method for
assisting critical inquiry for amplifying society's capacity to
learn, 'know,' build, manage, design, and to organize." (Joseph,
1987)


The hypermedia concept is based on the integration of all
information resources into a readily accessible, coherently
structured, digital environment.  Hypermedia systems are similar
to expert systems in terms of their capabilities for associative
information management and decision enhancement.  Recent
developments in computer memory, data integration, and
connectivity have fostered significant advances in the hypermedia
concept.  However, for the development of a system that functions
as an information clearinghouse at the global scale, the
fundamentals of a coherent, efficient data structure represents
major design constraint.

<ffile29>   Monitoring Technological Developments
<ffile36>   Xanadu
<ffile37>   Pooling of Knowledge
<ffile84>   Man to Man: Research