Project Xanadu

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hypertext system publishing system research project software project

Project Xanadu is an early, visionary hypertext project conceived by Ted Nelson that aimed to create a universal, non-destructive, and bidirectionally linked document publishing system.

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Project Xanadu canonical 10
Literary Machines 1
Xanadu 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hypertext system ⓘ
publishing system ⓘ
research project ⓘ
software project ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Ted Nelson ⓘ
describedIn Computer Lib / Dream Machines ⓘ
Literary Machines ⓘ
designPhilosophy all content should remain available forever ⓘ
authors should be compensated for every use of their work ⓘ
every quotation should be traceable to its source ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Project Xanadu ⓘ
surface form: Xanadu

Xanadu hypertext system ⓘ
hasConcept docuverse ⓘ
transcopyright ⓘ
xanalogical structure ⓘ
hasFeature bidirectional links ⓘ
fine-grained addressing ⓘ
global document identifiers ⓘ
micropayment model ⓘ
non-destructive editing ⓘ
non-hierarchical linking ⓘ
permanent links ⓘ
side-by-side comparison ⓘ
structure-preserving storage ⓘ
transclusion ⓘ
two-way navigation between references and sources ⓘ
version control ⓘ
hasGoal avoid broken links ⓘ
create a universal hypertext publishing system ⓘ
enable fine-grained citation and quotation ⓘ
enable side-by-side comparison of document versions ⓘ
implement a global document repository ⓘ
preserve all document versions ⓘ
provide a universal library of literature ⓘ
provide bidirectional links between documents ⓘ
support micropayments for content usage ⓘ
support non-destructive editing of documents ⓘ
support permanent, stable addressing of content ⓘ
support transclusion of content ⓘ
track provenance of all content fragments ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite http://xanadu.net/ ⓘ
inception 1960 ⓘ
influenced World Wide Web ⓘ
digital publishing concepts ⓘ
hypertext research ⓘ
versioned document systems ⓘ
influencedBy As We May Think ⓘ
surface form: Memex

Vannevar Bush ⓘ
notableWorkOf Ted Nelson ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ted Nelson → knownFor → Project Xanadu ⓘ
Ted Nelson → founded → Project Xanadu ⓘ
Ted Nelson → authored → Project Xanadu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Literary Machines
Theodor → knownFor → Project Xanadu ⓘ
subject surface form: Theodor Nelson
Theodor → developed → Project Xanadu ⓘ
subject surface form: Theodor Nelson
Project Xanadu → hasAlternativeName → Project Xanadu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xanadu
docuverse → partOfConceptualFramework → Project Xanadu ⓘ
subject surface form: Docuverse
Computer Lib / Dream Machines → influencedBy → Project Xanadu ⓘ
Computer Lib / Dream Machines → relatedWork → Project Xanadu ⓘ
Literary Machines → mainSubject → Project Xanadu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xanadu project
Literary Machines → describes → Project Xanadu ⓘ
Xanadu hypertext system → hasDevelopmentOrganization → Project Xanadu ⓘ
Dream Machines → influencedBy → Project Xanadu ⓘ