Hypermedia and hypertext are essentially about connection, linkage, and
affiliation. This lesson looks at the pioneers of hypertext including Vannevar
Bush, Ted Nelson and others, and explores how their ideas influence the
development of the World Wide Web and the emerging semantic web as conceived
by Tim Berners-Lee.
Readings:
Tim Berners-Lee, (1996). The World Wide Web: Past, Present and
Future. http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/1996/ppf.html
Tim Berners-Lee, Wendy Hall, James Hendler, Nigel Shadbolt, Daniel J. Weitzner
(2006). "Creating
a science of the web". Science Vol 313, pg. 769-771. (ATutor)
Optional Readings:
Vannevar Bush (1945). "As We May Think", Atlantic Monthly.
http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/jod/texts/vannevar.bush.html
Ted Nelson (1974) Computer Lib / Dream Machines
http://www.digibarn.com/collections/books/computer-lib/
Tim Berners-Lee, James Hendler and Ora Lassila (2001). "The Semantic Web A new form of Web content that is meaningful to computers will unleash a revolution of new possibilities", Scientific American http://www.sciam.com/print_version.cfm?articleID=00048144-10D2-1C70-84A9809EC588EF21
Web sites:
Web Science Research Initiative
http://webscience.org/
Howard Rheingold – Tools for Thought: History of interactive
breakthroughs
http://www.rheingold.com/texts/tft/
Nerd 2.0.1 - web site for the PBS program on the history of the Internet
http://www.pbs.org/opb/nerds2.0.1/index.html