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LinkBack is an open source framework for Mac OS X that helps developers integrate content from other applications into their own. A user can paste content from any LinkBack-enabled application into another and reopen that content later for editing with just a double-click. Changes will automatically appear in the original document again when you save.

<http://linkbackproject.org/>

Not exactly the same, but had to think of Ray Ozzie’s Live clipboard ideas (sort of shared schema for web copy/paste). Perhaps you’ll find it interesting (<https://scripting.wordpress.com/2006/03/07/ray-ozzies-clipboard-for-the-web/>)

<https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Live-Clipboard-What-How-Why> -&gt; the mid quality WMV is still working.

Oh wow, from Nisus. That's a name I've not heard for a long time.

Aside from the design of the site, here's a clue that this is quite an old project (sadly) — at the bottom of the <http://linkbackproject.org/about/|about page>:

&gt; *Last Revised:* 28 Jun 2004

I say sadly because that Nelsonian dream of transclusion is still a dang dream. Here's hoping the bidirectional link hype bubble inches us a little closer.