Provided is a method for a hypermedia communication system including: the steps of generating a hypermedia by presenting the hypermedia in a hypermedia description at a hypermedia server; requesting the hypermedia at a hypermedia client; deploying the hypermedia description from the server to the hypermedia client; and presenting the hypermedia by translating the hypermedia description. The hypermedia description includes expression means for a reference from an atemporal hypermedia object to a referred hypermedia object. The method also includes the steps of generating, requesting, deploying, and presenting hypermedia, uniformly, using a hypermedia description including further expression means for a reference from a temporal hypermedia object to a referred hypermedia object.