Structural patterns and hypertext rhetoric
Mark P. Bernstein · ACM Computing Surveys · 1999
Early hypertext theory viewed disorientation as a grave obstacle to effective hypertext, and often prescribed the used of simple, formal structures.The evolution of hypertext writing, especially literary hypertext, indicates that navigational anxiety may be misplaced.A rich vocabulary of structural motifs in current hypertext writing, spawning new efforts to understand, interpret, and represent complex hypertext structures.