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# Line 76  Background Line 76  Background
76  The Fenfire project  The Fenfire project
77  -------------------  -------------------
78    
79    ..  raw:: latex
80    
81        \normalsize
82    
83  TJL  TJL
84    
85  The Fenfire project is a free software research effort to build  The Fenfire project is a free software research effort to build
# Line 90  Hyperstructured data model Line 94  Hyperstructured data model
94      within them, the data model in Fenfire is more database-like, allowing      within them, the data model in Fenfire is more database-like, allowing
95      anything to be connected permanently to anything else.      anything to be connected permanently to anything else.
96      The data model consists of two orthogonal pieces,.      The data model consists of two orthogonal pieces,.
97      The Xanalogical media model[ted-xanalogical-structure-needed]_      The Xanalogical media model [ted-xanalogical-structure-needed]_
98      endows to the smallest units of media with identity and as a consequence      endows to the smallest units of media with identity and as a consequence
99      changes      changes
100      the cutting and pasting operation from copying pieces of media to actually      the cutting and pasting operation from copying pieces of media to actually
101      creating a structure between the instance locations since the identities can be tracked.      creating a structure between the instance locations since the identities can be tracked.
102      On a higher level, RDF[w3rdfurl]_ graphs are used to create dynamic structure      On a higher level, RDF [w3rdfurl]_ graphs are used to create dynamic structure
103      between instances of xanalogical media.      between instances of xanalogical media.
104      In this data model, all connections are fundamentally bidirectional, traversable      In this data model, all connections are fundamentally bidirectional, traversable
105      in both directions.      in both directions.
# Line 108  Novel focus+context user interfaces Line 112  Novel focus+context user interfaces
112      possibilities to user interfaces, since each piece of information has      possibilities to user interfaces, since each piece of information has
113      a richer context available to the computer than in conventional filesystems.      a richer context available to the computer than in conventional filesystems.
114      The Fenfire project includes libvob, a library for creating flexible, animated      The Fenfire project includes libvob, a library for creating flexible, animated
115      user interfaces easily, allowing nonlinear fisheye coordinate systems[carpendale01presspace]      user interfaces easily, allowing nonlinear fisheye coordinate systems [carpendale01presspace]_
116      and smooth text rotation and scaling.      and smooth text rotation and scaling.
117      The user interfaces currently used in fenfire are mostly      The user interfaces currently used in fenfire are mostly
118      focus+context[fc-fisheye]_, showing one location in the hyperstructured database      focus+context [fc-fisheye]_, showing one location in the hyperstructured database
119      as the central item and peripherally the connected locations.      as the central item and peripherally the connected locations.
120      Several of the new technologies in fenfire are related to user interfaces,      Several of the new technologies in fenfire are related to user interfaces,
121      in particular to showing the context visibly yet nonintrusively.      in particular to showing the context visibly yet nonintrusively.

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