Project Xanadu
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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.
Aliases (3)
- Literary Machines ×1
- Xanadu ×1
- Xanadu project ×1
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
hypertext system
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publishing system → research project → software project → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| creator |
Ted Nelson
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| describedIn |
Computer Lib / Dream Machines
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Literary Machines → |
| designPhilosophy |
all content should remain available forever
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authors should be compensated for every use of their work → every quotation should be traceable to its source → |
| hasAlternativeName |
Xanadu
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Xanadu hypertext system → |
| hasConcept |
docuverse
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transcopyright → xanalogical structure → |
| hasFeature |
bidirectional links
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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
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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/
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| inception |
1960
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| influenced |
World Wide Web
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digital publishing concepts → hypertext research → versioned document systems → |
| influencedBy |
Memex
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Vannevar Bush → |
| notableWorkOf |
Ted Nelson
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Referenced by (13)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Computer Lib / Dream Machines
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Dream Machines → |
influencedBy |
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Ted Nelson
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Theodor Nelson → |
knownFor |
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Ted Nelson
("Literary Machines")
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authored |
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Literary Machines
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describes |
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Theodor Nelson
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developed |
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Ted Nelson
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founded |
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Project Xanadu
("Xanadu")
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hasAlternativeName |
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Xanadu hypertext system
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hasDevelopmentOrganization |
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Literary Machines
("Xanadu project")
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mainSubject |
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Docuverse
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partOfConceptualFramework |
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Computer Lib / Dream Machines
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relatedWork |