The Hypennedia '93 is the fourth in a series of Hypertext/Hypennedia conferences that have taken place in Basel, Dannstadt, and Graz. All these conferences--including the Hypennedia '93--were jointly organized by the respective Special Interest Groups of the Infonnation Technology Associations of Austria (OCG), Gennany (GI), and Switzerland (SI). The tenn hypermedia--as it is used at the present time--stands for infonnation that is organized with links that connect portions of infonnation. At the same time, hyper media signifies that these infonnation portions may be of an arbitrary medium...