[Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst

[Tuomas J. Lukka]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/fenfire
Module name:    journals
Changes by:     Tuomas J. Lukka <address@hidden>        03/05/13 11:44:16

Modified files:
        plans          : SA_2003.rst 

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        reorg

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/fenfire/journals/plans/SA_2003.rst.diff?tr1=1.97&tr2=1.98&r1=text&r2=text

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Index: journals/plans/SA_2003.rst
diff -u journals/plans/SA_2003.rst:1.97 journals/plans/SA_2003.rst:1.98
--- journals/plans/SA_2003.rst:1.97     Tue May 13 11:32:49 2003
+++ journals/plans/SA_2003.rst  Tue May 13 11:44:16 2003
@@ -67,61 +67,36 @@
 The work leading to the current Fenfire project (formerly known as GZigZag and 
Gzz) 
 was started in 1999. 
 
+Fenfire consists of three components:
 
-Our system uses xanalogical storage model [ted-xu-model]_ as a 
-basis for hyperstructured media. Xanalogical storage keeps an index of 
-transclusions: identical characters copied into different documents.
-Through this mechanism, the system can show to the user all documents
-that share text with the current document.  In the xanalogical storage model, 
-links are not between documents, but individual characters. For example, in 
the 
-World Wide Web links are between documents, while in the xanalogical storage 
model 
-links are between individual characters. Each character has a
-permanent, globally unique identifier. A xanalogical link is shown between 
-any two documents containing the characters that the link connects. 
Xanalogical links 
-are external and bidirectional. 
-
-The bidirectionally linked hyperstructural approach to information opens new 
-possibilities to user interfaces. 
-The user can connect any two items which
-will then be near each other in hyperspace, easily visible and
-accessible from one to the other.
-
-We study how location-independent identifiers can 
-support *data mobility*. For instance, documents are often transferred quite 
freely 
-between computers: they are sent as e-mail attachments, carried around on 
disks and 
-published on the web. We use 'data mobility' as a collective 
-term for the movement of documents between computers (or folders!),
-and movement of content between documents (through copy&paste).
-
-To support data mobility, we have developed a software library, named as Storm 
-(STORage Module), for storing and retrieving data as immutable byte sequences, 
which 
-are identified by cryptographic content hashes. With Storm, we plan to use 
globally 
-unique, semantic-free references for locating data in Peer-to-Peer 
environment. 
-Location-independent identifiers allows a peer-to-peer lookup system find 
documents 
-wherever they are moved. We believe that the properties of Peer-to-Peer 
technology, 
-such as the ad hoc connectivity and the lack of central authority, are 
prerequisites 
-while mobilizing our system. Additionally, Storm allows us to study two 
important 
-issues *of data mobility*: dangling links and version management. 
+Hyperstructured data model
+    ... RDF + Xu 
+
+Novel focus+context user interfaces
+    The bidirectionally linked hyperstructural approach to information opens 
new 
+    possibilities to user interfaces. 
+    The user can connect any two items which
+    will then be near each other in hyperspace, easily visible and
+    accessible from one to the other.
+
+P2P information sharing 
+    To support data mobility, we have developed a software library, named as 
Storm 
+    (STORage Module), for storing and retrieving data as immutable byte 
sequences, which 
+    are identified by cryptographic content hashes. With Storm, we plan to use 
globally 
+    unique, semantic-free references for locating data in Peer-to-Peer 
environment. 
+    Location-independent identifiers allows a peer-to-peer lookup system find 
documents 
+    wherever they are moved. We believe that the properties of Peer-to-Peer 
technology, 
+    such as the ad hoc connectivity and the lack of central authority, are 
prerequisites 
+    while mobilizing our system. Additionally, Storm allows us to study two 
important 
+    issues *of data mobility*: dangling links and version management. 
+    We study how location-independent identifiers can 
+    support *data mobility*. For instance, documents are often transferred 
quite freely 
+    between computers: they are sent as e-mail attachments, carried around on 
disks and 
+    published on the web. We use 'data mobility' as a collective 
+    term for the movement of documents between computers (or folders!),
+    and movement of content between documents (through copy&paste).
 
-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. 
-This is partly caused by the dominant graphical user interface paradigm
-(developed in the 70s at Xerox PARC; see, e.g., [kay93smalltalk]_) in which 
*pages*
-are shown in overlapping, rectangular, unconnected viewports (windows).
-In this paradigm, following a link can only create a new window
-or replace the contents of the current window.
-In our opinion, this is one of the root causes 
-of hypertext disorientation 
-[edwards-hardman89lost-in-hyperspace]_
-[conklin87hypertext-onpage-38-40]_.
 
-Improving user orientation through user interface improvements has 
-recently received much attention. There have been much work
-on providing more context of the link destination or making 
-the transition less abrupt 
[zellweger98fluid-andalso-fc-zooming-andalso-schilit98digital]_.
-However, the underlying one-directionally linked hyperstructure of 
-the Web and many other hypermedia systems can also cause disorientation.
 
 
 
@@ -275,6 +250,15 @@
 In this paradigm, following a link can only create a new window
 or replace the contents of the current window.
 In our opinion, this is one of the root causes of hypertext disorientation.
+[edwards-hardman89lost-in-hyperspace]_
+[conklin87hypertext-onpage-38-40]_.
+
+Improving user orientation through user interface improvements has 
+recently received much attention. There have been much work
+on providing more context of the link destination or making 
+the transition less abrupt 
[zellweger98fluid-andalso-fc-zooming-andalso-schilit98digital]_.
+However, the underlying one-directionally linked hyperstructure of 
+the Web and many other hypermedia systems can also cause disorientation.
 
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