Paper title: Towards a Pattern Language for Hypermedia Applications Author: G. Rossi, D. Schwabe and A. Garrido Contact Author: Alejandra Garrido LIFIA, Fac Cs. Exactas, UNLP Calle 50 y 115, CC 11, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina E-mail: garrido@sol.info.unlp.edu.ar Abstract This paper presents two design patterns for the hypermedia domain: Navigational Contexts and Information by Demand. They are applied in two different aspects of hypermedia applications design: the design of healthy navigational structures and the design of understandable and usable hypermedia interfaces, respectively. These two patterns are part of an effort for developing a Pattern Languages for that domain.