On the Logic of Generalized Hypertext

Hypertext is one of those neat ideas in computing that periodicallyburst upon the scene, quickly demonstrating their usefulnessand gaining widespread acceptance. As interesting, useful and excitingas hypertext is, the concept has certain problems and limitations,many of which are widely recognized. In this paper we describe whatwe call basic hypertext and we present a logic model for it. Basic hypertextshould be thought of as a rigorously-presented approximationof first-generation hypertext concepts. Following our discussion of basichypertext, we present our concept of generalized hypertext, whichis aimed at overcoming certain of the limitations of basic hypertextand which we have implemented in a DSS shell called Max. We thenpresent a logic model for browsing in generalized hypertext