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49    courses we have taken, marks we got, types of plants,    courses we have taken, marks we got, types of plants,
50    classes in a program and structures in a plot    classes in a program and structures in a plot
51    
 Programs such as personal information managers  
 only allow us to capture a small  
 part of these in a fixed schema [#see-related-work]_.  
   
52  Instead of being centered around irrelevant computery  Instead of being centered around irrelevant computery
53  abstractions like "files" and "directories," such a system  abstractions such as "files" and "directories," the system
54  should **center around the things we care about**,  should **center around the things we care about**,
55  the people, appointments, plants, articles we read and so on.  the people, appointments, plants, articles we read and so on
56    [#center-completely-around-items]_.
57  We propose a system  We propose a system
58  in which these **items** (`Nelson 2000`_) are visible things  in which these **items** (`Nelson 2000`_) are visible things
59  that can be connected to each other; we propose,  that can be connected to each other; we propose,
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497    
498  .. _`Nürnberg et al (1996)`:  .. _`Nürnberg et al (1996)`:
499    
500    .. _`Nürnberg et al 1996`:
501    
502  **Nürnberg, P.J., Leggett, J.J., Schneider, E.R., Schnase, J.L.,** (1996)  **Nürnberg, P.J., Leggett, J.J., Schneider, E.R., Schnase, J.L.,** (1996)
503  "Hypermedia Operating Systems: A New Paradigm for Computing".  "Hypermedia Operating Systems: A New Paradigm for Computing".
504  ACM Hypertext'96 proceedings, 194-202.  ACM Hypertext'96 proceedings, 194-202.
505    
506  .. _`Nürnberg et al (1997)`:  .. _`Nürnberg et al (1997)`:
507    
508    .. _`Nürnberg et al 1997`:
509    
510  **Nürnberg, P.J., Leggett, J.J., Schneider, E.R., Schnase, J.L.,** (1997)  **Nürnberg, P.J., Leggett, J.J., Schneider, E.R., Schnase, J.L.,** (1997)
511  "As We Should Have Thought".  "As We Should Have Thought".
512  ACM Hypertext'97 proceedings, 96-101.  ACM Hypertext'97 proceedings, 96-101.
# Line 514  ACM Hypertext'97 proceedings, 96-101. Line 515  ACM Hypertext'97 proceedings, 96-101.
515  Notes  Notes
516  =====  =====
517    
518  .. [#see-related-work] There are systems that allow new schemas  .. [#center-completely-around-items] There are prototype
519     and information connecting - see `Related Work`_.     hypermedia systems that allow a file to contain
520       varying schemas of information. However, to obtain
521       the real "next big thing" operating environment,
522       the items have to be first-class -- similar
523       to the ideas in HOSS/structural computing
524       (Nürnberg et al 1996, Nürnberg et al 1997).
525    
526  .. [#can-use-structcomp] An operating system with support  .. [#can-use-structcomp] An operating system with support
527     for Structural Computing [XXXref] would provide a good     for Structural Computing [XXXref] would provide a good

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