[Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst

[Hermanni Hyytiälä]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/fenfire
Module name:    journals
Changes by:     Hermanni Hyytiälä <address@hidden>      03/05/12 07:41:16

Modified files:
        plans          : SA_2003.rst 

Log message:
        reorg, twid

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/fenfire/journals/plans/SA_2003.rst.diff?tr1=1.53&tr2=1.54&r1=text&r2=text

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diff -u journals/plans/SA_2003.rst:1.53 journals/plans/SA_2003.rst:1.54
--- journals/plans/SA_2003.rst:1.53     Mon May 12 07:19:49 2003
+++ journals/plans/SA_2003.rst  Mon May 12 07:41:16 2003
@@ -80,10 +80,11 @@
 origins of the Xanalogical model?
 
 
-.. more about UIs ?
-
-
+.. We develop a system, named as Fenfire, which uses novel ways to control 
information 
+   flow in the screen.
 
+.. more about UIs ?
+ 
 
 Our system uses xanalogical storage model [ted-xu-model]_ as a 
 basis for hyperstructured media. Xanalogical storage keeps an index of 
@@ -249,33 +250,38 @@
 Structure and storage
 '''''''''''''''''''''
 
-       Structure
-       
-               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.
-
-               - Implementing Ted Nelson's ideas  (Xanalogical hypertext 
storage model)
-               - Resource Description Framework (Semantic web techologies)
-               - We want our system to support simple navigation and deep 
linking
+Structure
+
+   Research on the methods which allow the users to bring together 
+   any information items they decide related, no matter which task the
+   information originates from. 
+
+   - connections build a hyperstructure, which should be easy to edit and 
navigate
+   - implementing Ted Nelson's ideas  (Xanalogical hypertext storage model)
+   - the use of Resource Description Framework (Semantic web techologies)
+   - simple navigation and deep linking
 
-       Storage 
+Storage        
                
-               Our software library, named as Storage Modules (Storm),
-               provides an alternative to traditional file-based storage.
-               Storm provides the basis for storing xanalogical data to our 
system.            
-               Storm stores data in *blocks*. A block is like a file but it 
-               cannot be changed, and instead of a file name it is identified 
by a
-               SHA-1 cryptographic content hash [fips-sha-1]_. Thus, 
identifiers are 
-               location-independent and globally unique. We are building a 
Peer-to-Peer system that 
-               allows one to find and download a block if *anybody* on the 
Internet 
-               publishes it. Our research focuses on finding effiecient 
methods for locating
-               xanalogical media from the Peer-to-Peer network. Currently we 
use 
-               distributed hash tables for searching blocks in a distributed 
environment, 
-               but the use of other Peer-to-Peer methods are also studied.     
+   Research on how location-independent identifiers can be used to find
+   information in a Peer-to-Peer environment. Developed a software library, 
+   named as Storage Modules (Storm) which provides the basis for storing 
+   xanalogical data to our system.
+   
+   - provides an alternative to traditional file-based storage as all
+   data is stored as *blocks*
+   - a block is like a file but it cannot be changed, and instead of a 
+   file name it is identified by a SHA-1 cryptographic content hash 
[fips-sha-1]_ 
+   - identifiers are location-independent and globally unique 
+      
+   Research focuses on finding efficient methods for locating xanalogical 
media 
+   using location-independent and globally unique identifiers from the 
Peer-to-Peer 
+   network. Currently we use distributed hash tables for searching blocks 
+   in a distributed environment, but the use of other Peer-to-Peer 
technologies are 
+   also studied.
+   
+   Our goal is to build a Peer-to-Peer system that allows one to perform a 
*global* 
+   data lookups and download a block if *anybody* has published it in the 
Internet.    
                
   
 Hypotheses and research methods