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Mar 11 2008   9:35AM GMT

Video: Ted Nelson, hypertext and the Web



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In this Google TechTalk, Ted Nelson discusses implementing the original hypertext concept and how transclusion should be used now to fulfill its original potential.

While Nelson is credited with coining the term “hypertext, Vannevar Bush is responsible for inventing the concept, which he described as “instant cross referencing.”

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As usual, we tread in the path of giants.

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