SIGWEB supports the multi-disciplinary field of hypertext and hypermedia, facilitating its application both on the World-Wide-Web and also in independent, distributed and stand-alone environments. It provides a forum for the promotion, dissemination, and exchange of ideas concerning research and application among scientists, systems designers and endusers. Particular emphasis is placed on the development of technology methodologies and standards, encouragement of greater public acceptance of hypertext technology and the promotion of consensus within the field.
Areas of special interest: Hypertext/hypermedia, World Wide Web, Hypermedia design and Authoring, information modeling, cognitive science, rhetoric and education and applications.
Source: SIGWEB Abstract