glyph 450: hypertext software . Ted Nelson . deep interconnection, transclusion, rights management ... breaking the paper barrier
ABSTRACT. Others imitate paper (Word, Acrobat) and the constant 3D world we live in ("Virtual Reality").
Our system instead tries to create documents better than paper in a space better than reality.
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Xanadu, ZigZag, XanaduSpace
Under development since 1960.
The following was copied from aken from http://www.xanadu.com/ on 7 Dec 08.
Available Now: XANADUSPACETM 1.0
A spatial viewer for hypertext in 3D based on the open transliterary standard.
"Back to the Future,"
DOWNLOAD NOW (Windows only)
PROJECT XANADU MISSION STATEMENT
DEEP INTERCONNECTION, INTERCOMPARISON AND RE-USE
Since 1960, we have fought for a world of deep electronic documents-- with side-by-side intercomparison and frictionless re-use of copyrighted material.
We have an exact and simple structure. The Xanadu model handles automatic version management and rights management through deep connection.
Today's popular software simulates paper. The World Wide Web (another imitation of paper) trivializes our original hypertext model with one-way ever-breaking links and no management of version or contents.
WE FIGHT ON.
For a story of amazing persistence in pursuit of a transforming vision see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Xanadu
http://xanadu.com.au/
http://xanadu.com.au/people.html — fascinating list of people who have helped Xanadu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Wolf_(journalist) — author, The Curse of Xanadu
https://explorersfoundation.org/glyphery/450.html
December 7, 2008; edited/updated November 26, 2015