The author of a hypertext presentation faces a multitude of choices during the formatting stage. As the Web grows, new entries will be added so that more terms, products, locations or concepts may be expanded on somewhere else. The complexity of the Web may also lead to a simplicity and brevity of the text. Old concepts can be included without weighing down the primary message with yards of background information. Footnotes are a breeze.
Lengthy citations hide in their own niche, unseen unless called upon.
Paraphrasing someone else's explanation will no longer be necessary with a link to the real thing. Accuracy is another dimension to documents on the Web. The nature of on-line documentation is never complete. Expansion and revision is simple without the constraints of a printer's deadlines. New links may appear overnight.