A set-to-set linking strategy for hypertext systems

Abstract

This paper proposes a set-to-set linking model with the purpose of improving the trade-off between link organizing/updating costs and link utilization benefits. This model is based on a value-document linking structure in a multi-facet schema, that is, a schema-instance linking structure which helps to decrease the total number of links. It provides a series of traversing operations to create dynamically the related document set step-by-step in accord with certain specified values. A prototype fine arts encyclopedia demonstrates the usefulness of this linking strategy.