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| Author: | Thüring, M. Hannemann, J. Haake, J. M. |
| Title: | Hypermedia and cognition: designing for comprehension |
| Journal: | Communications of the ACM
1995 : AUG, VOL. 38:8, p. 57-66 |
| Index terms: | COMPUTER SYSTEMS COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | To discuss the relationship between cognition and hypermedia, it is necessary to distinguish between two kinds of applications: "One encourages those who wish to wander through large clouds of information, gathering knowledge along the way. The other is more directly tied to specific problem-solving, and is quite structured and perhaps even constrained". Applications of the first type appear as browsable databases - or hyperbases - that can be freely explored by a reader. In contrast, applications of the second type take the shape of electronic documents - or hyperdocuments - that intentionally guide readers through an information space, controlling their exploration along the lines of a predefined structure. |
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