The third generation of hypertextuality: cooperation and conflict in the collective writing of hypertexts with multidirectional links

Abstract

This article first discusses the three generations of hypertextuality. It highlights the third-generation hypertexts, which are open to the participation of Internet users and presents the technology Co-link (htttp://www.co-link.org) for the collective writing of hypertexts with multidirectional links. Finally, there is a debate on data of an empirical research on the educational usage of this system.