Xanalogical Structure, Needed Now More than Ever: Parallel Documents, Deep Links to Content, Deep Versioning, and Deep Re-Use

ACM Computing Surveys

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 33-

  Nelson, Theodor Holm ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 85015564457     PISSN: 03600300     EISSN: 15577341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/345966.346033     Document Type: Article

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9. Downloadable of Gzigzag from, 1999. {Online: http://xanadu.com/gzigzag-tarball.zip}
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14. B. Kahle, personal communication.
15. Specifics of current Keio permission formats may be found at “Transquotation Demo”, 1999. (Online: http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~ted/TPUB/TQdemo.html}
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28. Theodor, H. N. “Transcopyright: Dealing with the Dilemma of Digital Copyright” in Educom Review 32(1), 32-35, January/February 1997. {Online: http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/review/reviewArticles/32132.html}
29. T. H. Nelson. “Transcopyright: A simple legal arrangement for sharing, re-use and republication of copyrighted material on the Net” in Takashi Masuda, Yoshifumi Masunaga and Michiharu Tsukamoto (Eds.), Worldwide Computing and Its Applications. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 7-14, ISBN 3-540-63343-X, 1997. Original paper. “Transcopyright: Pre-Permission for Virtual Republishing”, {Online: http:///www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~ted/transcopyright/transcopy.html}
30. Theodor, H. N. “Embedded Markup Considered Harmful” in XML: Principles, Tools, and Techniques, World Wide Web Journal 2(4), Fall 1997. Table of contents, {Online: http://www.w3j.com/xml/}
31. Theodor, H. N. “Examples of Parallel Documents”, 1998. {Online: http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~ted/TN/PARALUNE/parexamples.html}
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33. Theodor, H. N. “Documents are Parallel by Nature”, 1998. {Online: http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~ted/TN/PARALUNE/paradoxx.html}
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38. Theodor, H. N. “Transpayment Methods”, 1999. {Online: http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~ted/TPUB/TransPayMethods.html}
39. Transpublishing “poster” page, 1999. {Online: http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~ted/TPUB/TranspubPoster.html}
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41. Theodor, H. N. “The Two Spools of OSMIC”, 1999. {Online: http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~ted/OSMIC/osmicTwoSpools.html}
42. Theodor, H. N. “Installing the OSMIC Prototype”, 1999. {Online: http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~ted/OSMIC/osmicInstall.html}
43. Theodor, H. N. “Using the OSMIC Prototype”, 1999. {Online: http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~ted/OSMIC/osmicUse.html}
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46. Theodor, H. N. “ZigZag Tech Notes”, 2000. (Online: http://www.xanadu.com/zigzag/zzTech.html}
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50. Download page for transpointing windows, 2000. (Online: http://www.xanadu.com/TPWdemo/}
51. “Current Status of the Udanax Green Code”, 1999. (Online: http://www.udanax.com/green/status.html}
52. 1970 Xanadu design document, 1970. (Online: http://www.xanadu.com/xu70des.tif}
53. 1972 Xanadu design document, 1972. (Online: http://www.xanadu.com/xu72des.tif}
54. The clearest and most accurate summary of Project Xanadu’s work and views, which I do not believe was written by anyone associated with the project, is an anonymously-written Web page published by Ziff-Davis. “Ted Nelson, Hypertext Pioneer”, 1997. (Online: http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers_story/0,3656,2127396-2102293,00.html}
55. ZigZag 1999] ZigZag page at Xanadu.com, 1999. (Online: http://www.xanadu.com/zigzag/}
56. The ZigZag prototype, in more than one version, may be downloaded from the page “Xanadu ZigZag Hyperstructure Kit”, 1999. (Online: http://www.xanadu.net/zigzag/zigzag.html}. Especially recommended is the boot floppy downloadable file, with comes with installation instructions but not directions for use, (Online: http://www.xanadu.com.au/zigzag/zzdemo.zip}
57. Directions for use of the ZigZag prototype are to be found, 1999. (Online: http://www.xanadu.net/zigzag/zzDirexCondensed.html}