What can be adapted in AH (cont.)

Adaptive navigation support

Classification of link presentation -- from the point what can be altered and adapted :

Local non-contextual links--independent from the content of the page
Contextual links or "real hypertext" links--embedded in the context of the page content and can not be removed(i.e. "hotwords", "hot spots")
Links from index and content pages --non-contextual.
Links on local maps and links on global hyperspace maps -- structural links

5 technologies -- from a "what can be adapted" point of view:

direct guidance
sorting
hiding
annotation
map adaptation

Direct guidance: the most simple technology, the system can outline visually the link to the "best" node.

Adaptive ordering: sort all the links of a particular page according to the user model and to some user-valuable criteria: the more close to the top, the more relevant the link is.

Hiding: restrict the navigation space by hiding links to "not relevant" pages.

Adaptive annotation: augment the links with some form of comments which can tell the user more about the current state of the nodes behind the annotated links.

Map adaptation: comprises various ways of adapting the form(structure) of global and local hypermedia maps presented to the user.