[Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst

[Janne V. Kujala]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/fenfire
Module name:    journals
Changes by:     Janne V. Kujala <address@hidden>        03/05/12 03:33:34

Modified files:
        plans          : SA_2003.rst 

Log message:
        reorg

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/fenfire/journals/plans/SA_2003.rst.diff?tr1=1.30&tr2=1.31&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: journals/plans/SA_2003.rst
diff -u journals/plans/SA_2003.rst:1.30 journals/plans/SA_2003.rst:1.31
--- journals/plans/SA_2003.rst:1.30     Mon May 12 03:17:34 2003
+++ journals/plans/SA_2003.rst  Mon May 12 03:33:34 2003
@@ -65,13 +65,9 @@
 Background
 ==========
 
-- background and significance of the research
+Background and significance of the research
+-------------------------------------------
   
-The work leading to the current Fenfire project (formerly GZigZag and Gzz) 
-was started in 1999. 
-
-origins of the Xanalogical model?
-
 In several hypertext systems today, following a link means a *disruptive* 
change
 in the user's workflow, replacing the current context (e.g., a Web page) with 
an
 entirely different one. 
@@ -85,6 +81,15 @@
 [edwards-hardman89lost-in-hyperspace]_
 [conklin87hypertext-onpage-38-40]_.
 
+origins of the Xanalogical model?
+
+Earlier research of the group
+-----------------------------
+
+The work leading to the current Fenfire project (formerly GZigZag and Gzz) 
+was started in 1999. 
+
+
 .. raw:: latex
 
    \begin{figure*}
@@ -146,7 +151,8 @@
 Objectives and methods
 ======================
 
-- objectives of the research
+Objectives of the research
+--------------------------
 
   We investigate hyperstructure, flexible user interfaces and custom 
controllers
   together as a solution to the information flood from the net. A free software
@@ -167,63 +173,23 @@
        and subsequently submit those changes for consideration by a larger
        group. The software will manage all versioning.
 
-  
-
-- hypotheses and research methods
-  
-  Reproducibility - the philosophy underlying everything we do.
-  
-  LEGO philosophy: not single complicated things that do lots of things
-  in fixed ways but multiple, really simple things that can be used with
-  imagination.
-  
-  
-- schedule and intermediate objectives for the research
-   
-   Peer-to-Peer networking
-   Usability tests
-   Fenfire prototype 0.8
-
-- objectives in researcher training
-
-  - foundations for performing high quality research work
-  - team work in reserch group
-  - improve communication/presentation skills  
-
-- ethical questions or data protection problems of the research
-   
-  All source code is available from the nongnu.org's CVS
-  
-  Free software.
-
-    - mostly LGPL, most valuable innovations GPL.
-    - if we ever acquire patents, we shall make a worldwide
-      irrevocable license grant for use in GPL software
-
-       - we are funded by companies who will either own 
-         or license these patents; we have an understanding
-         that they will grant the GPL rights: this does not
-         undermine their business interests.
-
-
-      
-  Our main research areas:
-
 
 User interfaces
----------------
+'''''''''''''''
 
 Research on the new possibilities that a more hyperstructural
 approach to information opens to user interfaces. Many more 
 things can be done
 
 Utilizing 3D hardware, which has become a commodity
+
   - more flexible focus+context views, e.g., 
     fisheye distortion
   - non-disruptive animation between views
   - readability problems with mip-mapped text
 
 Research on enhancing text readability 
+
   - evaluating readability using the correlation
     function of the rendered text
   - applying the earlier experience on Monte Carlo methods, 
@@ -246,7 +212,7 @@
 
 
 Structure and storage
----------------------
+'''''''''''''''''''''
 
        Structure
 
@@ -268,6 +234,47 @@
                distributed hash tables for searching blocks in a distributed 
environment, 
                but the use of other Peer-to-Peer methods are also studied.     
                
+  
+Hypotheses and research methods
+-------------------------------
+  
+  Reproducibility - the philosophy underlying everything we do.
+  
+  LEGO philosophy: not single complicated things that do lots of things
+  in fixed ways but multiple, really simple things that can be used with
+  imagination.
+  
+  
+Timetable for the objectives
+----------------------------
+
+- schedule and intermediate objectives for the research
+   
+   Peer-to-Peer networking
+   Usability tests
+   Fenfire prototype 0.8
+
+- objectives in researcher training
+
+  - foundations for performing high quality research work
+  - team work in reserch group
+  - improve communication/presentation skills  
+
+- ethical questions or data protection problems of the research
+   
+  All source code is available from the nongnu.org's CVS
+  
+  Free software.
+
+    - mostly LGPL, most valuable innovations GPL.
+    - if we ever acquire patents, we shall make a worldwide
+      irrevocable license grant for use in GPL software
+
+       - we are funded by companies who will either own 
+         or license these patents; we have an understanding
+         that they will grant the GPL rights: this does not
+         undermine their business interests.
+
 
 Performers of the research and resources
 ========================================