Multimodal intelligibility of scholarly hypertext: the documentalist's contribution. A required collaboration for serial documentisation in the scientific editorial process

TL;DR

This paper advocates for a collaborative, multimodal approach to hypertext documentation in scientific publishing, emphasizing the importance of dialogue among authors, editors, and broadcasters to improve information accessibility and understanding.

Contribution

It introduces the concept of serial documentarisation as a mediating process involving multiple actors to enhance scholarly hypertext documentation.

Findings

Hypertext documentation requires collaboration among authors, editors, and broadcasters.

Proper dialogue improves information accessibility for readers.

Mediating roles should be led by information-communication actors.

Abstract

This article shows that the boundaries between the editing and online publishingprofessions are losing their strength. In this context it would only make sense that the wayhypertexts are documented be renewed, especially facing of the Web's evolution. We arethinking in particular of the trickier scholar hypertexts documentation process - specifically inscientific or cultural contexts. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that, consideringthe numerous branches of the Web, the hypertext enhance of a document of quality can onlybe done through a proper dialogue between authors, editors, and broadcasters. It would satisfythe readership as they could reach the appropriate information. It will also be shown that eachactor in this auctorial-editorial process would be a gainer. Indeed, a qualitative formalizationwork would be coupled with a strong broadcasting scope. Finally, we will point out that thiswork of mediating must be led by an actor of information-communication, to make the textunderstandable to both humans and machines. This meditative act is designated here under theterm of serial documentarisation.