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While there is a long tradition in the design of traditional paper-based documents, there is little or no tradition in designing hypermedia documents or more general hypermedia applications. It is obvious that how designing is done has a strong impact on what is finally produced, distributed, and used. What is needed is an orientation or even better a methodology for hypermedia designers which should be based on a thorough understanding of the new and critical aspects of this new medium for communicating knowledge. The goal is that this methodology is based on a foundation for hypermedia design. The fact that it is a software environment where hypermedia design takes place implies that one has to analyze first how to support authoring and production activities in general in such an environment. Then, one has to account for the additional requirements which result from the new product characteristics inherent to hypermedia. Both sets of requirements are equally important.
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Streitz, N.A. (1995). Foundations of Hypermedia Design. In: Schuler, W., Hannemann, J., Streitz, N. (eds) Designing User Interfaces for Hypermedia. Research Reports ESPRIT, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45743-2_1
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