https://github.com/nichtich/hypertext-timeline

A Timeline of Hypertext Systems
https://github.com/nichtich/hypertext-timeline

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A Timeline of Hypertext Systems

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/nichtich/hypertext-timeline
• Owner: nichtich
• License: cc0-1.0
• Created: 2019-08-05T06:43:53.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-10-30T16:06:54.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-06-21T23:35:05.162Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: hypertext, wikidata
• Language: HTML
• Homepage: http://jakobvoss.de/hypertext-timeline/
• Size: 741 KB
• Stars: 11
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 35
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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# Timeline of Hypertext Systems

This repository contains sources and scripts of a **Timeline of Hypertext Systems**.

![Timeline of Computer History as sketched by Ted Nelson (1997)](workshopinnewhyp00nels$3.png)

## How does it work?

Information about Hypertext Systems is collected from sources and entered into the [Wikidata knowledge base](https://www.wikidata.org/). A SPARQL query is used to collect back the basic information from Wikidata and the information is visualized in HTML with Javascript.

## Contribution

Contributions are welcome! Please directly edit Wikidata or comment [via GitHub issues](https://github.com/nichtich/hypertext-timeline/issues)!

## See also

* [The Historic Hypertext Project](https://human.iisys.de/hist_HT/)

* http://histropedia.com/ (another application to create timelines from Wikidata)

* The image shown above is [page 1 of Ted Nelson's Workshop in new hyperstructures](https://iiif.archivelab.org/iiif/workshopinnewhyp00nels$3) (see )

## Publications in Wikidata

Publications about hypertext systems should be added to Wikidata (WikiCite) for referencing and to build a bibliography. The data can best be visualized with [Scholia]. Examples:

* topic [Hypertext](https://tools.wmflabs.org/scholia/topic/Q93241)

* topic [History of Hypertext](https://tools.wmflabs.org/scholia/topic/Q5867993)

* author [Ted Nelson](https://tools.wmflabs.org/scholia/author/Q62852)

* series [ACM HT conference proceedings](https://tools.wmflabs.org/scholia/series/Q27726666)

## Flyer

Subdirectory `flyer` contains a `Makefile` to generate a flyer about the website (requires Pandoc, XeLaTeX, and Chrome). Call `make screenshots; make` to generate `flyer.pdf`. 

[Scholia]: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Scholia

[hypertext system]: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65966993