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5  Abstract  Abstract
6  ========  ========
7    
8  .. - name of the research leader in charge  **Team Leader:**
9    
10    Dr. Tuomas Lukka    Dr. Tuomas Lukka
11        
12  .. - title of the project  **Project name:**
13    
14    Fenfire (?)    Fenfire
     
 .. - the sum of funding applied for from the Academy, the number of  
   person-years of work to be funded with it, and the funding period  
     
 XXX  
     
 .. - site or sites of research  
15    
16    University of Jyväskylä  **Total sum of funding:**
     
 .. - the objective and brief description of the project (the most  
   important item of the abstract)  
     
17    
18  In several hypertext systems today, following a link means a *disruptive* change    XXX
 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) 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.  
19    
20  The Fenfire project is an effort to build a location transparent, hyperstructured desktop  **Person-years:**
21  environment. We perform research on the theoretical and user-interface issues arising in the  
22  Fenfire project and on the new possibilities that a more hyperstructural approach to    4
23  information opens to user interfaces. Additional research include complex data structures,  
24  different kind of data storage models and custom controllers.  **Funding period:**
25      
26  Fenfire uses xanalogical storage model as a basis for hyperstructured media. Each data    1.1.2004 - 31.12.2005
27  item in the Fenfire system has a globally unique identifier. We use RDF semantic web technologies to  
28  present information and relationships of information in our system. For location transparency  **Site:**
29  in the Fenfire system, we study Peer-to-Peer technologies to implemenent networking infrastructure.  
30      University of Jyväskylä
31    
32    **Brief description of the project:**
33        
34      In several hypertext systems today, following a link means a *disruptive* change
35      in the user's workflow, replacing the current context (e.g., a Web page) with an
36      entirely different one. This is partly caused by the dominant graphical user interface paradigm
37      (developed in the 70s at Xerox PARC) in which *pages*
38      are shown in overlapping, rectangular, unconnected viewports (windows).
39      In this paradigm, following a link can only create a new window
40      or replace the contents of the current window.
41      In our opinion, this is one of the root causes of hypertext disorientation.
42    
43      The Fenfire project is an effort to build a location transparent, hyperstructured desktop
44      environment. We perform research on the theoretical and user-interface issues arising in the
45      Fenfire project and on the new possibilities that a more hyperstructural approach to
46      information opens to user interfaces. Additional research include complex data structures,
47      different kind of data storage models and custom controllers.
48    
49      Fenfire uses xanalogical storage model as a basis for hyperstructured media. Each data
50      item in the Fenfire system has a globally unique identifier. We use RDF semantic web technologies to
51      present information and relationships of information in our system. For location transparency
52      in the Fenfire system, we study Peer-to-Peer technologies to implemenent networking infrastructure.
53    
54    
55  .. (abstract no longer than one page)  .. (abstract no longer than one page)
56    
# Line 64  Background Line 69  Background
69  Background and significance of the research  Background and significance of the research
70  -------------------------------------------  -------------------------------------------
71    
72  .. We develop a system, named as Fenfire, which uses novel ways to control information  
73     flow in the screen.  We develop a system, named as Fenfire, which uses novel ways to control information
74    flow in the screen.
75    
76  Our system uses xanalogical storage model [ted-xu-model]_ as a  Our system uses xanalogical storage model [ted-xu-model]_ as a
77  basis for hyperstructured media. Xanalogical storage keeps an index of  basis for hyperstructured media. Xanalogical storage keeps an index of
# Line 458  Timetable for the objectives Line 464  Timetable for the objectives
464    & \multicolumn{4}{c|}{2004} & \multicolumn{4}{c|}{2005} & \multicolumn{4}{c|}{2006} \\    & \multicolumn{4}{c|}{2004} & \multicolumn{4}{c|}{2005} & \multicolumn{4}{c|}{2006} \\
465    Task & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\    Task & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\
466    \hline      \hline  
467      Peer-to-Peer & X &  &  &  &  &  & & & & & & \\
468    1. PhD & X &  &  &  &  &  &  & & & & & \\    1. PhD & X &  &  &  &  &  &  & & & & & \\
469    2. PhD &  & X &  &  &  &  &  & & & & & \\    2. PhD &  & X &  &  &  &  &  & & & & & \\
470    3. PhD &  &  &  &  &  &  & & X & & & & \\    3. PhD &  &  &  &  &  &  & & X & & & & \\
   Peer-to-Peer & X &  &  &  &  &  & & & & & & \\  
   Fenfire protype &  &  &  &  & X &  &  & & & & & \\  
471    \hline      \hline  
472    \end{tabular} }    \end{tabular} }
473    \end{center}    \end{center}

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