Editing Timeline of hypertext technology

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This article presents a '''[[Chronology|timeline]] of [[hypertext]] technology''', including "[[hypermedia]]" and related human–computer interaction projects and developments from 1945 on. The term ''hypertext'' is credited to the author and philosopher [[Ted Nelson]].

See also [[Graphical user interface]], [[Multimedia]]; also 
[[Paul Otlet]] and [[Henri La Fontaine]]'s [[Mundaneum]], a massively cross-referenced card index system established in 1910.

==1940s==
* 1941
** [[Jorge Luis Borges]]' "[[The Garden of Forking Paths]]"
* 1945
** [[Memex]] (concept by [[Vannevar Bush]])

==1960s==
* 1960
** [[Project Xanadu]] (concept)
* 1962
** [[Marshall McLuhan]]'s ''[[The Gutenberg Galaxy]]'' uses the term ''surfing''
* 1967
** [[Hypertext Editing System]] (HES) by [[Andries van Dam]] and [[Ted Nelson]] at [[Brown University]]
* 1968
** [[File Retrieval and Editing System|FRESS]] (File Retrieval and Editing System, successor to HES)
** [[NLS (computer system)|NLS]] (oN-Line System)

==1970s==
* 1972
** [[ZOG (hypertext)|ZOG]]
* 1973
** [[Xerox Alto|Xerox Alto desktop]]
* 1976
** [[Problem-Oriented Medical Information System|PROMIS]]
* 1978
** [[Aspen Movie Map]]
* 1979
** [[PERQ]]

==1980s==
* 1980
** [[ENQUIRE]] (not released)
* 1981
** [[Electronic Document System]] (EDS, aka Document Presentation System)
** [[Wes Kussmaul|Kussmaul Encyclopedia]]
** [[Xerox Star|Xerox Star desktop]]
* 1982
** [[Guide (hypertext)|Guide]]
* 1983
** [[KMS (hypertext)|Knowledge Management System]] (KMS, successor to ZOG)
** [[The Interactive Encyclopedia System|TIES]] (The Interactive Encyclopedia System, later HyperTies)
* 1984
** [[NoteCards]]
* 1985
** [[Intermedia (hypertext)|Intermedia]] (successor to FRESS and EDS)
** [[Symbolics Document Examiner]] (Symbolics [[workstation]]s)
* 1986
** [[Texinfo]]
** [[TEXTNET|TextNet]] (a network-based approach to text handling)
** [[Neptune (hypertext)|Neptune]] (a hypertext system for CAD applications)
* 1987
** [[Adobe Authorware|Macromedia Authorware]]
** [[Canon Cat]] ("Leap" function, interface)
** [[HyperCard]]
** [[Knowledge Navigator]] (concept described by former [[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer]] CEO [[John Sculley]] in his book ''Odyssey'')
** [[Storyspace]]
* 1988
** [[Microcosm (hypermedia system)]] ([[University of Southampton]])
* 1989
** [[Adobe Director|Macromedia Director]]
** [http://www.w3.org/History/1989/proposal.html Information Management: a proposal], [[Tim Berners-Lee]], [[CERN]]

==1990s==
* 1990
** [[DynaText]]
** [[World Wide Web]]
** ''[[Hyperland]]'' (BBC documentary written by [[Douglas Adams]])
** [[ToolBook]]
** [[HyTelnet]]
** [[WinHelp]]
* 1991
** [[Gopher (protocol)|Gopher]]
** [[AmigaGuide]]
* 1995
** [[Wiki]]
* 1996
** Hyperwire (Kinetix)
* 1998
** [[Everything2]]
** [[XML]]
* 1999
** [[RSS]]

==2000s==
* 2001
** [[Wikipedia]]
* 2014
** [[OpenXanadu]], an implementation of Project Xanadu
* 2019
** [[Gemini (protocol)|Gemini]], a lightweight complement to the Web
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