Literary Machines
E402
Literary Machines is a seminal book by Theodor Nelson that outlines his visionary concepts for hypertext, non-linear writing, and the structure of digital information systems.
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| instanceOf |
book
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provide conceptual framework for hypertext systems
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redefine how documents are written and read in digital form → |
| author |
Ted Nelson
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Theodor Holm Nelson → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| describedAs |
seminal work on hypertext
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visionary treatise on digital documents → |
| describes |
Project Xanadu
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| field |
computer science
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information science → media studies → |
| focusesOn |
organization of knowledge in computer systems
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structure of digital information → |
| genre |
non-fiction
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technology book → theory of computing → |
| hasNotableIdea |
complex many-to-many links between documents
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documents as interconnected networks → global electronic library → non-linear reading paths → parallel text comparison → persistent addressable fragments of text → royalty and micropayment mechanisms for authors → visible version history of documents → |
| influenced |
World Wide Web
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digital humanities → hypertext research → personal knowledge management systems → |
| language |
English
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| mainSubject |
Xanadu project
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digital information systems → electronic publishing → hypertext → information architecture → non-linear writing → |
| notableFor |
detailed description of Project Xanadu architecture
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early formalization of hypertext theory → influence on later web and hypermedia systems → |
| proposesConcept |
bidirectional links
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docuverse → fine-grained citation → hypertext links → non-sequential writing → transclusion → versioned documents → |
| relatedWork |
Computer Lib / Dream Machines
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Project Xanadu
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Xanadu hypertext system → |
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Docuverse
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documentedIn |
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Theodor Nelson
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Computer Lib / Dream Machines
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relatedWork |