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# Line 163  are part of the network of items.** Line 163  are part of the network of items.**
163  (There may be more than one view available for the same item.  (There may be more than one view available for the same item.
164  The user can choose between alternative views through a menu.)  The user can choose between alternative views through a menu.)
165    
166    A user would be able to **choose the views appropriate for the
167    task at hand**, which may come **from different sources**.
168    The historian's map and timeline views may have been developed
169    independently, for completely different purposes, and it may
170    have been the user who re-purposed them for their work.
171    (For convenience, the user may create menus and choose
172    view defaults for each task, providing quick access
173    to the functionality needed for this task.)
174    
175    Instead of forcing the user to think in applications,
176    such a system lends itself to be structured around
177    the user's tasks. Nelson [XXXfwref] uses the term
178    **applitude** for such a "[zone] of functionality."
179    An applitude is not "walled off" from the rest of the
180    system; when information from a different applitude
181    is needed, it is always available.
182    
183    Items are **not owned
184    by any single applitude**: When you need to connect
185    information to an item that doesn't fit into the
186    current applitude, you can always do so by creating
187    a new type of relationship. Items **may have roles
188    in more than one applitude**; for example, a person
189    may exist both in our scheduling applitude, and
190    the address book we use when writing e-mail.
191    
192  Such an environment would not only help us structure the  Such an environment would not only help us structure the
193  information we already store in our computers, it may also  information we already store in our computers, it may also
194  help us to **organize our thoughts**.  help us to **organize our thoughts**.

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