Timeline of hypertext technology

This article presents a 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

• 1945
  • Memex (concept)

1960s

• 1960
  • Project Xanadu (concept)
• 1967
  • Hypertext Editing System (HES)
• 1968
  • FRESS (File Retrieval and Editing System, successor to HES)
  • NLS (oN-Line System)

1970s

• 1972
  • ZOG
• 1973
  • Xerox Alto desktop
• 1976
  • PROMIS
• 1978
  • Aspen Movie Map
• 1979
  • PERQ

1980s

• 1980
  • ENQUIRE (not released)
• 1981
  • Electronic Document System (EDS, aka Document Presentation System)
  • Kussmaul Encyclopedia
  • Xerox Star desktop
• 1982
  • Guide
• 1983
  • Knowledge Management System (KMS, successor to ZOG)
  • TIES (The Interactive Encyclopedia System, later HyperTies)
• 1984
  • NoteCards
• 1985
  • Intermedia (successor to FRESS and EDS)
  • Symbolics Document Examiner (Symbolics workstations)
• 1986
  • TextNet (a network-based approach to text handling)
  • Neptune (a hypertext system for CAD applications)
• 1987
  • Macromedia Authorware
  • Canon Cat ("Leap" function, interface)
  • HyperCard
• 1989
  • Macromedia Director
  • The Sun Link Service
  • Information Management: a proposal, Tim Berners-Lee, CERN

1990s

• 1990
  • World Wide Web
• 1991
  • Gopher
  • AmigaGuide
• 1995
  • Wiki
• 1998
  • Everything2
  • XML
• 1999
  • RSS

2000s

• 2001
  • Wikipedia
• 2014
  • OpenXanadu, an implementation of Project Xanadu