[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm article.rst

[Benja Fallenstein]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/gzz
Module name:    manuscripts
Changes by:     Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden>      03/01/18 23:05:19

Modified files:
        storm          : article.rst 

Log message:
        Bit of article work

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/storm/article.rst.diff?tr1=1.1&tr2=1.2&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: manuscripts/storm/article.rst
diff -u manuscripts/storm/article.rst:1.1 manuscripts/storm/article.rst:1.2
--- manuscripts/storm/article.rst:1.1   Fri Jan 17 23:22:18 2003
+++ manuscripts/storm/article.rst       Sat Jan 18 23:05:18 2003
@@ -2,6 +2,25 @@
 Don't fence me in: Supporting data mobility through the Gzz/Storm design
 ========================================================================
 
+Xanalogical storage
+===================
+
+In the xanalogical storage model [cite], pioneered by Project Xanadu [cite],
+links are not between documents, but individual characters.
+When a character is first typed in, it acquires a permanent ID
+("the character 'D' typed by Janne Kujala on 10/8/97 8:37:18"),
+which it retains when copied to a different document, distinguishing
+it from all similar characters typed in independently.
+A link is shown between any two documents containing the characters
+that the link connects. Xanalogical links are external and bidirectional.
+
+In addition to content links, 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.
+
+
+
 
 
 Idea/Plan