Stretch-Paper

Reading Anders Fagerjord’s blog I am reminded of a poorly articulated idea I had, that I called “levels of text.” As it turns out, the idea has been articulated elsewhere as “stretchtext. You know, a text that will be longer or shorter on demand, as suggested by Ted Nelson in 1967.”

Here’s what I’m thinking: I’ll have three, maybe four set lengths, what I call “levels.” The top level will be a longish abstract, about 200 words. The second level will be of short-paper length, and the third level will be as long as a full paper.

Food for thought…