- From: Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
- Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 18:52:41 -0400
- To: Stephanos Piperoglou <stephanos@hol.gr>, Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
- Cc: Thomas Breuel <tmb@best.com>, www-html@w3.org
At 09:31 PM 8/18/96 +0300, Stephanos Piperoglou wrote: >I think that the main problem in conception is that the Web is *not* based >on HTML. It is based on HTTP, the URI specification and the idea of a >world-wide network of hypertext documents. Hypertext is really just the idea >that a part of a document leads to another document, and it's been used for >years (if you don't believe me, open any Windows help file). If we expand >the idea that a part of a document leads to another document into other >document types, we've gone the first step: One no longer needs to bother >that HTML can't display properly, he uses another format instead. Examples >are already here, and VRML is one, while Java is another. HyTime separates the generalized concept of hyperlinks from particular document types. It seems like an obvious starting place for a true hypermedia web such as the one you describe. Paul Prescod
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