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Practical Hypertext

The Practical Hypertext Autonomous Programme covers a range of topics that have been popular in the Hypertext conferences in the past, and we anticipate it being well-subscribed again this year. According to our records, there has already been a lot of activity in the viewing of our programme's web pages and we have even had our first submission, a full six weeks early!

We have collected an excellent programme committee whose expertise will help us choose the best and most interesting papers for the Practical Hypertext Programme. Some are already well-known to Hypertext conference past attendees, while others are new to the conference series and bring us their expertise in adjacent areas such as adaptive hypermedia and information retrieval. This reflects the contributions of other related areas to hypertext research, but also the way hypertext research contributes to other areas - such as how links are used in page ranking on the Web, for example.

For the Practical Hypertext Programme, we're looking for papers that may be about creating or maintaining everyday hypertext, or how practical hypertext improves other work or leisure pursuits. As long as your paper broadly covers this, then we are interested in receiving it for review!

Labels: autonomous programme, Hypertext 2007, practical hypertext, submissions

posted by: Practical Hypertext Chair on Thursday, April 12, 2007

Call For Participation

Hypertext 2007 celebrates its 20th anniversary trying to fight the last years' flux and overshadowing by Web. Trying to keep Hypertext's identity as an interesting and interdisciplinary conference, we offer more than 40 different research areas ranging from Web Design to Literature and Philosophy. I agree with the Registration Chair's comments about how important is to bring people from different disciplines in order to produce more dynamically diverse discussions and hence better results. As a Publicity Chair, I have to let the world know about the conference but also inform them about the diverse range that Hypertext 2007 tries to cover. Five distinctive programs will be offered to show how unique this conference is. We are seeking participants focusing, but not limited to:

Scholarly, Structural, Dynamic and Adaptive Models and Theory of hypertext.
Applications of hypertext including The Web, Semantic Web, Web Engineering, and Web Design.
The effect of hypertext on Developing Regions, Social Tagging and Annotation, Blogs, and eLearning.
Human Centred hypertext including Browsers and Interfaces, Web Accessibility, Usability, Evaluation and Observational Studies.
Culture and Communication, Art, Literature, Philosophy, and the hypertext tools to support them.

In addition, we provide the opportunity to participants to submit:

Hypertexts in order for others within the community to read and interact with them through the Hypertext Reading Room
Posters and Demonstrations to test new ideas, generate interest in a research area, or describe useful or interesting work.
For the Student Research Competition, so that students can participate in an ACM conference and get visibility for their research by displaying a poster and making a brief presentation to a panel of judges and
For a community discussion forum where people with similar interests can flock together and discuss their research.

Looking through the list of subjects covered one can easily notice that not only this conference is of interest to people from Computer Science background but also from Engineering, Humanities, HCI, Arts, Literature, even Philosophy! So, in this post I am calling you to participate in an interdisciplinary, diverse and exciting conference but also seeking your help:

Do let me know of any community mailing list or discussion groups that are relevant to hypertext! and
Let your colleagues know about HT07 and ask them to pass the information.

The more participants the better understanding we will get about hypertext and its applications. I am looking forward to hear from you!

Labels: Arts, call for papers, HCI, HT07, humanities, Hypertext 2007, interdisciplinary conference

posted by: Publicity Chair on Monday, April 02, 2007

Hypertext 2007 Submissions Now Open

The Eighteenth International ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia (Hypertext 2007) is now open for submissions. Seven programmes with more than 40 designated areas are waiting for your input. They include:

The programmes indicate many intersections with other fields of interest, not only in computer science. Decades of research and development has lifted hypertext from its esoteric existence to a higher level. It is no longer exclusively for computer geeks, but rather provides solutions potentially for everyone who deals with connecting information. (These must be quite many.) This includes people working in the fields of natural sciences, humanities, or knowledge management and covers new developments, such as social networking or Web 2.0. People who work with structures or knowledge are of interest for hypertext and hypertext is of interest for people working on structures or knowledge.

This general relevance of hypertext for various fields of interest is also expressed by this year's conference theme: Hypertext, The Web, and Beyond: Five Autonomous Programmes, One Unified Conference. It expresses the diversity in research directions we have in hypertext, but in a very positive way. Diversity means broadening our horizons, opening our eyes. It also pays attention to the broad application of hypertext technology or paradigms outside computer science. The big challenge is to connect the different ideas so that we gain from synergy. At the end, however, we unify in our common goal: providing means to people for organising their knowledge.

I am looking forward for your submission, whatever area it has its focus on.

Labels: diversity, humanities, hypertext, Hypertext 2007, knowledge management, natural sciences, submissions

posted by: Submission Chair on Monday, March 26, 2007

Humanities Honour Scheme

In the first Hypertext conference (HT87), it was highlighted that ``the Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia brings together scholars, researchers, and practitioners from diverse disciplines to consider the form, role and impact of hypertext and hypermedia in a forum of discussion of ideas, design and use of hypertext and hypermedia in a variety of domains''. This shows that from the beginning the Hypertext conference was established as an interdisciplinary conference. I believe for better discussions and outcomes it is important to organise a conference in an international and interdisciplinary fashion. To me the former means bringing people together from different cultures and the latter means bringing people from different backgrounds and diverse disciplines. These are important features for cross-pollinating ideas; having different insights; sharing and transferring experiences; having applications in different domains; having better discussions and most importantly for producing better results. Hypertext conferences have always been among the few that have managed to be true interdisciplinary conferences. They have always brought together computer scientists, writers, sociologists, psychologists, designers, ethnographers, engineers and many others. That's why HT conferences have always been interesting and fun to attend.

In order to continue and strengthen this, this year we are introducing a new "Humanities Honour Scheme". With this scheme we would like to ensure that attendees from Humanities get as much discounts as Computer Scientists. Hence we would like to support and continue with the interdisciplinary aspect of the Hypertext conferences. We hope that this scheme will encourage researchers, artists and designers in Humanities to continue to contribute to the success of Hypertext research. This was demonstrated by the Web and hopefully Hypertext research will produce many more such successful examples. This year, as it was emphasised in HT01, HT07 ``will continue to provide a forum where attendees can exchange and discuss ideas on hypermedia, as well as its design and use in a variety of domains, while also considering the transformative power of hypermedia and its ability to potentially alter the way we read, write, argue, work, exchange information, or entertain ourselves''. See you all in Manchester!

Labels: HT07, Humanities, Hypertext 2007, Manchester, registration

posted by: Registration Chair on Monday, March 12, 2007

Inspirations for a Media Chair

When I was originally asked to design the Hypertext 2007 Website, I sought as my inspiration the works of L. S. Lowry, a Manchester based artist who painted urban landscapes populated with "match-stick" human figures depicting life in an industrialised city. After all, Hypertext 2007 is being held in Manchester and it seemed appropriate to have a theme that reflected its industrial heritage. However, while Lowry accurately represented the host city of the conference, he didn't capture the essence of hypertext, which for me is the browsing of information linked together by nothing more than the thoughts and associations of the author. The real beauty of hypertext is not only the exploration and acquisition of knowledge, but also the joy and surprise of discovering the new; found through following a link to an unfamiliar piece of information that you had never before associated with the piece of information you are currently looking at.

In many ways this mirrors real life. How often have colleagues made associations between two concepts that initially seem bizarre but after some thought seem perfectly logical? Or how many times have friends suggested places to visit that you have never before considered but then upon going, wonder why you have never been before? It was one of these seemingly strange associations that led me to taking the photograph that was the basis for the picture that sits at the top of every page on this Website.

A friend was visiting from Sweden and so we did all the tourist stuff. We walked around the city, poked around the Roman Ruins in Castlefield and then spent the afternoon sat in a pub. As we were sat there, my Swedish companion made an association between UK fashions and winter, which I had never before considered. This link led us on a trip to a popular department store, which by coincidence was hosting a free food & drink sampling session. And, it was whilst tasting our fragments of Goat's Cheese and New Zealand Chardonnay that we looked out of the window and saw the vista that sits above this page.

In a similar fashion that following links and trails of thoughts in hyperspace brings us the thrill of stumbling upon new and mysterious views of knowledge, so too following the links and trails of a visiting friend brought an unexpected view of Manchester.

As a native of Greater Manchester I feel that I should not only welcome you to Hypertext 2007 but also to The City. HT07 promises to be a diverse fusion of research, people and art. Manchester too is a thriving multicultural metropolis with a reputation for academia, the arts and sports. In this respect both HT07 and Manchester compliment each other quite nicely.

Labels: HT07, Hypertext 2007, Links, Lowry, Manchester, Website Design

posted by: Media Chair on Thursday, March 01, 2007