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QUOTES 43 from:

Bernstein, M. (1999) 'Patterns of Hypertext' Proceedings of Hypertext ('98). Available from http://www.eastgate.com/patterns/Print.html; accessed 5/11/04

Hypertext structure does not reside exclusively in the topology of links nor in the language of individual nodes, and so we must work toward a pattern language through both topological and rhetorical observation. Instances of these patterns typically range in scope from a handful of nodes and links to a few hundred. These patterns [29][3] are components observed within hypertexts, rather than system facilities (see [67]) or plans of a complete work. Typical hypertexts contain instances of many different patterns, and often a single node or link may participate in several intersecting structures.

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