Towards a Reference Architecture for Open Hypermedia

The OHS Working Group formed out of the 2nd Workshop on Open Hypermedia Systems at Hypertext '96 in Washington, DC (March 1996). The initial goals of the OHS Working Group were to define open hypermedia systems and to define open link services. The OHS Working Group meeting in Southampton, England (December 1996) showed that it is difficult to discuss scenarios and especially protocols [Davis et al. 1996] without having a common consensus on what the concepts and building blocks (architectural components) of an open hypermedia system (OHS) are. Thus, a third goal defining an open hypermedia reference architecture was added to the OHS Working Group agenda at the Southampton meeting.