The search engine does a total word search off all the documents in the areas partitioned for the various issues of ReSoundings, so as each new issue is added the search engine must be updated. The Stable Number System has the advantage of making all hypermediated documents indexable without forcing the perception of linearity upon an essentially nonlinear genre. A scholar may easily make note of material from a particular SN file. CGI-Bin and other engines for forms, sorts, counters, etc., are numbered but not hotbuttoned at this time for security reasons. Theoretically, at least, this troubles us a bit.
Digital publishers leave print behind to rather literally follow the action, but only so far.
Like a good hotel or theme park staff, the code engines of ReSoundings remain at present discreetly in the background. Chat spaces close the circle. Chat rooms or digital white boards designed to make the periodical interactive are included in the SN system. For six months after an issue goes on-line, ReSoundings' readers are encouraged to join in a conversation that is begun by the authors and editors. Those discussions are an integral part of the periodical, and therefore part of the searchable, citable system.