hyperlinknetwerk
Hyperlinknetwerk is a Dutch term meaning hyperlink network and is used in information science to describe the network formed by hyperlinks among digital resources. It focuses on the structural properties of connections between pages, documents, or data resources, and on how these connections influence navigation, discovery, and meaning.
In a hyperlinknetwerk, nodes represent resources such as web pages, articles, or datasets, while directed edges
Properties often observed in hyperlinknetwerken include small-world characteristics, where most resources are a few steps apart,
Applications include web design, navigation optimization, link analysis for search engines, creation of knowledge graphs, and
The concept also highlights challenges such as link rot, broken or outdated hyperlinks, privacy concerns in
See also: hyperlink, hypertext, World Wide Web, PageRank, knowledge graph, semantic web.