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Tuukka Hastrup |
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Loom browses RDF as hyperstructure |
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We want to allow the users to bring together any information |
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items they decide related, no matter which task the |
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information originates from. These connections build a |
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Formerly, we used Ted Nelson's zzStructure as the form to this |
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Currently, we apply our previous experiences to the RDF browser |
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called Loom. After 4 weeks of development, it can already |
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browse structures and soon also edit. RDF does not have the |
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limits of zzStructure, but we have learned from Gzz how to |
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visualize rich structures. |
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RDF is a standard of the World Wide Web Consortium for machine- |
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processable information, and the Semantic Web builds on it. |
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Several other projects are using or evaluating RDF for |
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hypertextual information as well. Others can use Loom for |
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browsing, and we can make good use of the existing RDF |
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libraries. |
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.. zzStructure, but there are several alternatives. We re-evaluated |
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some other structures after Ted Nelson received a patent on |
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