<s>
iPer	B-Protocol
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
IPER	B-Protocol
tool	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
educational	O
computer	B-Application
program	I-Application
designed	O
to	O
manage	O
hypertext	O
and	O
hypermedia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iPer	B-Protocol
was	O
probably	O
the	O
first	O
software	O
with	O
a	O
visual	O
approach	O
to	O
hyperlinks	O
,	O
introducing	O
the	O
WYSIWYL	B-Application
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
with	O
iPer	B-Protocol
,	O
probably	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
for	O
a	O
Web	O
softwarethe	O
author	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
choose	O
the	O
destination	O
page	O
with	O
a	O
click	O
on	O
a	O
visual	O
preview	O
(	O
a	O
sort	O
of	O
Web	O
browser	O
)	O
,	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
type	O
the	O
actual	O
file	O
name	O
or	O
the	O
URL	O
,	O
and	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
be	O
online	O
(	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
Internet	O
)	O
while	O
performing	O
the	O
various	O
edit	O
on	O
his/her	O
hypertext	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
iPer	B-Protocol
required	O
a	O
server	O
extension	O
software	O
(	O
IPERserver	O
)	O
,	O
that	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
Unix-based	O
and	O
Windows-based	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iPer	B-Protocol
was	O
then	O
improved	O
;	O
an	O
internal	O
FTP	O
publishing	O
feature	O
was	O
added	O
and	O
so	O
the	O
software	O
became	O
capable	O
of	O
direct	O
Internet	O
publishing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iPer	B-Protocol
is	O
the	O
ancestor	O
of	O
the	O
commercial	O
software	O
products	O
Hyper	O
Publish	O
and	O
PaperKiller	O
.	O
</s>
