Transcript Fenfire 2003: Goals Move from Nelson`s zzstructure to RDF

Fenfire 2003: Goals
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Move from Nelson's zzstructure to RDF
Resource Description Framework, a standard of the
World Wide Web Consortium
Separate Fenfire into sub-projects which can be
used independently
Research easier to understand and use
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Develop RDF browser and editor
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Develop PDF browser and annotator
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Implement distributed Xanalogical storage
Fenfire 2003: Results (I)
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FenPDF (hypermedia PDF reader)
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example of buoys, break lines, and unique background textures
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methods for improved text readability on unqiue backgrounds
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methods for faster view generation based on caching and functional
programming techniques
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Navidoc (Javadoc/UML hypertext tool)
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LEGO-based custom controllers
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easy and cheap computer controllers for research
Fenfire 2003: Results (II)
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Storm (Storage with global identities)
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Peer-to-peer implementation based on distributed hashtable
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Digital signature-based pointers, for mutable documents
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TIML (Text Identity Markup Language)
XML-based, lightweight implementation of Nelson's Xanalogical
storage
Loom (Focus+context RDF browser)
Resources: on average, one full-time and two
part-time researchers