As the Internet continues to experience exponential rates of growth, attention is shifting away
from mainstream network services such as electronic mail and file transfer to more
interactive information services. Current network information systems, whilst extremely
successful, run into problems of fragmentation, consistency, scalability, and loss of
orientation. The development of second generation 1'network information systems such as
Hyper-G can help overcome these limitations. Of particular note are Hyper-G's tightly …