Hyperdocuments
In literature the term hypertext
is used to refer to a hypertext system,
but also to refer to its information contents, or both.
To avoid such confusion, we shall use three terms:
- a hyperdocument is the information content, including
the information items (nodes) and the
connections between them (links),
regardless of the system used to read (or write) the document.
- a hypertext system is a piece of software which lets you
read (and maybe also write) hyperdocuments. It does not contain a
hyperdocument.
- a hypertext is a hypertext system containing a hyperdocument.
Please note that this definition is pretty arbitrary.
In literature you will often find different definitions.