[Gzz-commits] gzz/Documentation/Presentations/ThursdaySeminar...

[Tuukka Hastrup]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/gzz
Module name:    gzz
Changes by:     Tuukka Hastrup <address@hidden> 03/03/24 15:38:16

Modified files:
        Documentation/Presentations/ThursdaySeminar03: ABSTRACTS 

Log message:
        Loom; comments, please

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/gzz/Documentation/Presentations/ThursdaySeminar03/ABSTRACTS.diff?tr1=1.3&tr2=1.4&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: gzz/Documentation/Presentations/ThursdaySeminar03/ABSTRACTS
diff -u gzz/Documentation/Presentations/ThursdaySeminar03/ABSTRACTS:1.3 
gzz/Documentation/Presentations/ThursdaySeminar03/ABSTRACTS:1.4
--- gzz/Documentation/Presentations/ThursdaySeminar03/ABSTRACTS:1.3     Mon Mar 
24 15:14:36 2003
+++ gzz/Documentation/Presentations/ThursdaySeminar03/ABSTRACTS Mon Mar 24 
15:38:16 2003
@@ -63,3 +63,32 @@
     with todays graphic hardware.
 
 
+Tuukka Hastrup
+
+    Loom browses RDF as hyperstructure
+    ==================================
+
+    We want to allow the users to bring together any information
+    items they decide related, no matter which task the
+    information originates from. These connections build a
+    hyperstructure, which should be easy to edit and navigate.
+    Formerly, we used Ted Nelson's zzStructure as the form to this
+    structure, but our current browser utilises the RDF standard.
+
+    Currently, we apply our previous experiences to the RDF browser
+    called Loom. After 4 weeks of development, it can already
+    browse structures and soon also edit. RDF does not have the
+    limits of zzStructure, but we have learned from Gzz how to
+    visualize rich structures.
+
+    RDF is a standard of the World Wide Web Consortium for machine-
+    processable information, and the Semantic Web builds on it.
+    Several other projects are using or evaluating RDF for
+    hypertextual information as well. Others can use Loom for 
+    browsing, and we can make good use of the existing RDF 
+    libraries.
+
+..  zzStructure, but there are several alternatives. We re-evaluated
+    some other structures after Ted Nelson received a patent on
+    zzStructure and wanted to enforce it, and found RDF better for
+    us.