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""Prefer one page over several" is diametrically opposed to the hypertext model. Please don't do this." I think I agree with you here, in that much of the powe
by rsync 7y ago
""Prefer one page over several" is diametrically opposed to the hypertext model. Please don't do this."
I think I agree with you here, in that much of the power of hypertext lies in the hierarchical "tree" model.
And yet, I think it has not been used properly up to this point ...
I hesitate to post this as this is not quite finished[1], but here goes - this is something called an "Iceberg Article":
http://john.kozubik.com/pub/IcebergArticle/tip.html http://john.kozubik.com/pub/IcebergArticle/tip.html
... wherein the main article content is, as the article suggests, a single, self-contained page.
And yet ... that is just the "tip" - underneath is:
" ... at least one, but possibly many, supporting documents, resources and services. The minimum requirement is simply an expanded form of the tip (the "bummock"), complete with references, notes and links. Other resources and services that might lie under the surface are a wiki, a changelog, a software repository, additional supporting articles and reference pages and even a discussion forum."
[1] Neither wiki nor forum exist yet, but the bummock does...
- SamBam 7y agoI don't see how that's fundamentally different from a Wikipedia article, which is basically (1) a single, self-contained page, (2) that is just the "tip", and (3) linked within it is all the stuff mentioned That site has various opinions about the "tip" being uncluttered of links, etc, but that's just an opinion (and one I disagree with).
- rsync 7y agoThe thinking here is that the "tip" is <= to a single page. Wikipedia articles can be quite long (and justifiably so) - perhaps scrolling many pages. The "tip" of an "Iceberg Article" is ".. a single page of writing ..." Perhaps confusing because I don't mean a "single (web)page" I mean, an actual single page.