Purely for high style marks this one is really cool to look at
http://nif.www.media.mit.edu/ecat/
(Taken from a link on Alex's TouchGraph site.)
Peter
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Park" <jackpark@thinkalong.com>
To: <unrev-II@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 5:20 AM
Subject: Re: [unrev-II] multiple hierarchies + visual newsgroups
> Every once in a while, somebody lays a great idea out before this
> group. Eric Armstrong started it all with IBIS. Now, TouchGraph. I
> believe that all readers of this list should go play with TouchGraph, and
> download it, as I just did.
>
> Cheers
> Jack
> At 09:52 PM 8/22/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hi, my name is Alex Shapiro, and I am very interested in the evolution of
> >hypertext, and computer-based mediums of interaction in general.
> >
> >I've read the thread on Malleable Archives, and the one about Taxonomies
> >and TopicMaps, and have a response that is vaguely relevant to both
issues.
> >
> >(Funny, as I type this, my spell-checker tells me that the correct
spelling
> >for "Maleable" is "Malleable", supporting the notion that the author
should
> >be able to go back and alter his/her messages).
> >
> >Ok,
> >
> >I am developing some software (opensource), which can bee seen at
> >http://touchgraph.com whose eventual goal is to be used for browsing
> >multiple hierarchies, and associative networks. Currently, it is just a
> >nice graph layout applet, and another for organizing links, but in a few
> >months the underlying structure will be completed, and rapid development
of
> >features should be possible.
> >
> >The technology of easily browsable and editable associative networks will
> >make possible the creation of visual newsgroups. I envision such a
> >newsgroup as a network of nodes, where posting a message will consists of
> >adding a node to the network. The advantage of this type of format for
> >discussion, is that related messages can be placed next to each
> >other. Whereas conventional newsgroups already achieve such adjacency
with
> >threads, they have the disadvantage that old threads get forgotten about,
> >or not read by new members. In a visual newsgroup, however, one should
be
> >able to bring old threads back into focus by adding a link from current
> >messages to the old ones. In fact, adding links rather then posting new
> >messages could be another way of contributing to the discussion. Along
the
> >same lines, one would no longer be constrained to responding to just a
> >single message. One could chose to simultaneously respond to multiple
> >messages thus bringing the messages responded to closes together. Some
> >experimentation with this idea using TouchGraph technology can already be
> >seen at http://memes.net
> >
> >Speaking of taxonomies, I think that a type of taxonomy that has been
> >largely ignored is that of hierarchies with multiple inheritance (or
> >multiple hierarchies). It seems that a lot of information could benefit
> >from being organized into multiple hierarchies. For instance, look at
the
> >leaf-most categories in the open directory project. Often we find lists
of
> >links containing over 200 items. Yet splitting these items into
> >subcategories would be impossible without making subjective choices. The
> >best solution, would be to offer the user multiple options as to how they
> >want to divide the items. That way one could narrow one's search to a
much
> >more manageable set of 10 items or so.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >--Alex
>
>
>
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