The paradigm of complexity. Contributions for hypertext's formal approaches

TL;DR

This paper advocates for formal hypertext approaches based on complexity theory, introducing the concept of hypermediator websites that emphasize information visualization over search-based interaction.

Contribution

It proposes the hypermediator website as a new formal model bridging book culture and hypertext, emphasizing visualization and reader-device relationships.

Findings

Introduces hypermediator websites as an intermediate hypertext form.

Highlights the shift from search-based to visualization-based information interaction.

Connects hypertext formalism with complexity paradigm.

Abstract

This article argues for a return to formal approaches of hypertext and builds on the paradigm of complexity to develop the idea of "hypermediator website". A hypermediator website is an intermediate device between a digitalization of book culture and a "real" hypertext writing. If our thinking on the hypermediator website joined the hypertext's notions and the databases, it differs by the relationship reader-device no longer based on information search query but using the visualization of the information.