Peer-reviewed, publishable hypertexts

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Peer-reviewed, publishable hypertexts

• Peter J. Nürnberg David L. Hicks
• Aalborg University Esbjerg

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overview

• this apple is pretty good, but it's nothing like
  an orange
• if your friend jumped off a cliff, would you do
  it, too?
• think globally, act locally
• I'm not just the owner of the company I'm a
  client
• ask not what your country can do for you ask
  what you can do for your country

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by hypertexts, we mean...

• structure as the product
• we don't mean
• links from within a document
• supplementing content with links and/or other
  structures
• automating footnotes and/or references
• comparing these two forms of structures is
  comparing apples to oranges
• both nice, but they're different!

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what's the real problem?

• technological?
• well, not really
• existing tech may not completely solve all
  problems, but remaining problems don't appear
  very difficult
• social/political?
• clearly, this is where the real resistance must
  lie

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why publish for no credit?

• what does an electronic publication "count" for
  on a CV?
• even if my colleagues publish electronically, why
  should I?
• even if my institution does accept electronic
  publications, will they know what to do with a
  hypertext?

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how do we change things?

• start slowly and at home
• don't stop publishing content-only pubs
• do start by publishing 1 structure/content pub
  per year
• get onto PT committees at home and ask questions
  about electronic or "alternative" publication
  forms
• make sure there is some written, printable form
  of your work in any event

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where to publish hypertexts?

• why not right here?
• Metainformatics Symposium
• tech reports at your home institution

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where are the tools?

• why don't we jointly commit to building them?
• we always wanted more domains, domain experts,
  and users!
• let's use ourselves!