docuverse
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Docuverse is Ted Nelson’s visionary concept of a universal, interconnected digital library where all documents are permanently linked and traceable across a global hypertext system.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
hypertext concept
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visionary computing idea → |
| associatedWithPerson |
Theodor Holm Nelson
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| contrastedWith |
one-way links of the World Wide Web
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| coreIdea |
all documents are interconnected
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all documents are permanently linked → all documents are traceable → bidirectional links between documents → fine-grained linking at the level of document fragments → global citation tracking → global network of hypertext documents → non-destructive editing of documents → persistent addressing of documents → royalty and credit tracking for authors → transclusion of content → versioned documents → |
| creator |
Ted Nelson
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| dataModel |
network of interlinked documents
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non-hierarchical structure of information → |
| describedBy |
Ted Nelson
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| documentedIn |
Computer Lib / Dream Machines
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Literary Machines → |
| emphasizes |
authorship attribution
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bidirectional linking → granular addressability of text → micropayments or royalties for reuse → preservation of document history → stable, permanent links → traceability of every reference → |
| envisionedAs |
global infrastructure for hypertext publishing
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worldwide repository of interconnected knowledge → |
| furtherDevelopedIn |
1970s
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1980s → |
| goal |
create a universal library of all writings
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enable users to follow links between any related documents → preserve the context of every quotation and reference → prevent loss and fragmentation of digital documents → support intellectual property management in hypertext → |
| hasAlternativeName |
global hypertext system
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universal digital library → |
| influenced |
later hypertext thinking
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| partOfConceptualFramework |
Project Xanadu
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| proposedInField |
hypertext research
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information science → |
| relatedTo |
World Wide Web
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Xanadu hypertext system → |
| scope |
global
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| status |
largely unrealized vision
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| timePeriodConceptualized |
1960s
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Ted Nelson
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notableIdea |