Another is to place advantages and problems within the analytical framework of expression, transmission, and evaluation, relating them to critical discussion and the evolution of knowledge. Table of Contents - Hypertext Publishing and the Evolution of Knowledge Expression Hypertext publishing will aid expression in several ways. These advantages in cost and quality of expression seem great. Hypertext won't be a powerful medium of expression if no one writes for it. Given permission or lapsed copyright, hypertext can carry existing paper works.
Scanners can input text with adequate accuracy, and readers can mark errors for correction.
Royalties will encourage authors to give permissions. Hence the world of documents on the system need not be limited to those written for the system. Thus, the hypertext literature need not suffer greatly from its initial small size. In fact, one should expect to see much new writing from the start. Small, computer-oriented communities will be early users of hypertext publishing.