Rather more than 30 years ago I produced what was then called a 'programmed
text' on chain indexing - apparently (at least according to a Google search) it
still appears on some reading lists. The programmed text, in effect,
implemented on paper the notion of hypertext.
I've occasionally thought of updating it, but not seriously until TiddlyWiki
<http://www.tiddlywiki.com/> appeared on the scene. Now, as a result of a
couple of days' work in retyping the text of the book, 'An introduction to
chain indexing'
<http://informationr.net/tdw/publ/chain_indexing/chain_indexing.html> is reborn
as a true hypertext.
One of the benefits of using TiddlyWiki for this purpose is that the user can
simply download a copy to his or her own hard disc (or portable medium of any
kind) and use the text whether connected to the Internet or not, since
everything needed to manipulate the text is actually built into the Web page.
I'll be interested to hear from anyone who uses the text or teaches the
concept.
Professor T.D. Wilson, PhD, Hon.PhD
Publisher/Editor in Chief
Information Research
InformationR.net
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Web site: http://InformationR.net/
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