Intelligent mapping of hyperspace

This paper addresses some particular issues related to the difficult task of automatically structuring information available in ill-structured environments, through a distributed hypermedia system like the Web. We present an original approach to this problem, which coordinates different aspects of automatic computation of relations between nodes in hyperspace, through dynamic linking, using intelligent mapping of the domain material, by the application of spatial reasoning. We present a multi-purpose framework to dynamically structure information in the Web and a proof-of-concept prototype, dubbed Hypermap, implemented to build the spatial cognitive maps of the hyperspace, inspired by the human cognitive mapping process.