Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-10-1995
College/Unit
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Department/Program/Center
Social Work
Abstract
The term docuverse was first developed by Apple Computer guru Allen Kay in the late 1960’s. The underlying idea can be traced back decades earlier, to the visionary Vannevar Bush and the Memex (Bush, 1945). According to Kay, a docuverse is a set of related documents together with the linkages between them. In this paper, a docuverse is conceived as a collection of related scholarly documents together with the links, ties and bonds that can bring them together into an integrated logical and conceptual whole. Kay who also coined the term hypertext, which refers to an electronic document with existing and anticipated hypermedia technology. have already made possible the construction of an electronic web of all the related documents of social science (and any other academic discipline, professional field or interdiscipline) like third sector studies.
Digital Commons Citation
Lohmann, Roger A., "Hypertext and the Docuverse: A Research Memo" (1995). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 2583.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/2583
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