Hypertext Transfer Protocol

1. What is Hypertext?
 - Non-linear writing: interlinked texts, Multiple pathways
 - Annotation and commentary
 - Association of ideas
 - Writing and reading not separated
 - Interactive
 - Not limited to text: hypermedia

https://www.w3.org/WhatIs.html

2. Hypertext terminology
 1) node: a 'chunk' of information that corresponds to a natural 'semantic unit'
 2) link: an association between nodes
  - a part of the source code: <a href="">
  - can only be followed in the forward direction
  - can only connect a pair of nodes
  - Embedded Links: links are embedded in web pages
  - First Class Links: separates links from nodes
  - Bidirectional Links
  - N-ary Links
  - Generic Links
  - Functional Links
  - Typed Links:
 3) anchor: the representation of a link on a node
 4) endpoint: a component of a link that references an anchor on a node

https://www.w3.org/TR/WD-htmllink-970328