The Fourteenth International ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia will explore the many dimensions of linking information for human communication, whether in literary texts, semantic knowledge bases, multimedia presentations, web sites, documents, films or multimedia databases. These are just a selection of the stored forms of information being investigated by researchers from diverse disciplines around the world. From the World Wide Web to online documentation aboard aircraft carriers and from distance-learning degree programs to interactive entertainment, hypertext and hypermedia have been transforming our world. The ACM Hypertext Conferences are the foremost international conferences on hypertext and hypermedia, and have brought scholars, researchers, authors, critics and poets together with practitioners from a diverse array of disciplines-including computing, literature, law, art, medicine, business, journalism, philosophy, psychology and engineering to consider the form, role, and impact of hypertext and hypermedia.

Hypertext 2003 will continue to provide an environment where attendees can exchange and discuss ideas on hypermedia, as well as its design and use in a variety of domains, while also considering the transformative power of hypermedia and its ability to potentially alter the way we read, write, argue, work, exchange information, or entertain ourselves. Hypertext 2003 welcomes discussions from designers and users of hypermedia applications and works in academia, business, entertainment, and industry. Here attendees can discuss all aspects of hypermedia, ranging from navigational aids, time, and infrastructures to digital libraries, interactive literature, virtual and augmented reality environments, gaming, human-computer interaction, software engineering, computer-supported collaborative work, and, of course, the World Wide Web.

Submission categories

Hypertext 2003 is seeking contributions for the following submission categories (full details can be found on the submissions page):

Topics for submissions

Original contributions on the following topics are encouraged as submissions to the conference. Please note that papers submitted to Hypertext 2003 should not be simultaneously under consideration elsewhere.

Hypertext and hypermedia construction

Link authoring
Link maintenance
(X)Link databases
Web authoring
Automated Web generation
Metadata and annotation
Multimedia and Synchronisation

New hypermedia environments

Grid and E-Science
Scholarly and scientific communication
Pervasive information architectures
Semantic Web
Knowledge Management
Virtual and augmented reality environments

Hypermedia navigation strategies

User interface and interactions
Adaptive hypermedia
Browsing assistance
Fluid Links
Trails
Co-operative Hypermedia

Web site design and evaluation

Structuring hypermedia documents for reading and retrieval
Large-scale and distributed Web environments
Metrics and measurement
Web structures characterization
Innovative web hypertexts
Link analysis
Effects of hypermedia on business or industry
Experiences with the application of hypermedia
Innovative hypertexts and novel uses of hypertext and hypermedia

Hypermedia architectures

Hypermedia infrastructure technologies
Hypermedia middleware and components
Web Integration
Architecture issues
Link Services
Open hypermedia architectures
Large-scale distributed hypermedia
Theories, models, architectures, standards, and frameworks

Applications

Hypertext in workflow management systems
Web-based hypermedia drama
Hypermedia in fiction, scholarship, and technical writing
Hypermedia in education and training
Hypermedia and time: narratives and storyboarding
Hypertext rhetoric and criticism
Interactive games and entertainment
Museums and archives

For enquiries about submissions, please contact the programme chairs, Les Carr and Lynda Hardman. Please send general enquiries to Helen Ashman and Tim Brailsford at ht03@ht03.org

For enquiries about submissions, please contact the programme chairs, Les Carr and Lynda Hardman.