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Hypertext theory as explored in essay will develop through purposeful infralinking applied according to principles articulated in general site menu. For instance, we may consider concept adjacency and reach for near ideas related within that, which we may call horizontal matrix.
Concepts of such idea matrices will be explored in the evolution of this writing. Variations on these formulations and other examples of hypertext theory and rationale are presented in works by others noted in the pathfinder. I wish, with others, that I could link directly to any selected sections of other documents presented; we do not yet always have this capability. Therefore, in much of this work, my purpose and design will be to explicate possibilities now easily within our reach. If you are an expert, you may find yet another faithful tracing of familiar redundant paths. I would be encouraged to have you do so. A beginner, such as I, may find some of the delight I share - in my subordination - with seminal thinkers in this nascence of hypertext.
One idea advanced by Vannevar Bush was the notion that documents could be adjoined in self-selected groups for study purposes, for comparison and contrast, for consideration of the very adjacency determined by the volition of the reader. To describe such set-building, this writer suggests the term syndetics. Given the current protocols generally available on the World Wide Web, we observe a syndetic imperative that hypertext theorists begin to generously highlight their documents with anchor targets within a conscious markup scheme to facilitate purposeful deeplinking by peers. These targets can either be utilized for infralinking, directly within the designs of each architect, or can remain latent access points provided for potential deeplinking by peers in a cooperative effort to extend the wealth of potential access to salient, supportive, and related information via seamless hypertext. In either utility, the anchor targets should light areas of coherent focus within the hypertext document, areas that are key to the given writing's import and - in the case of proactive anticipatory invitation to peers - kernels of content that would be likely to figure into juncture with the work of peers through considerate reciprocal deeplinking. Show connections you want to make through anchors and targets in your markup. Arguably, the hypertext universe would be greatly enriched through such practice. Using this strategy, your words need not be merely quoted, but can be accessed directly through a continuous process which opens a hyperlink to your precise words for sound syndetic purposes. As well, your entire document would be indicated in the intrinsic possibility that the reader choose to move from part to whole.
