%0 Journal Article %1 Nelson2004 %A Nelson, Ted %D 2004 %J Journal of Digital Information %K datamodel hypermedia zz %N 1 %T A Cosmology for a Different Computer Universe: Data Model, Mechanisms, Virtual Machine and Visualization Infrastructure %U http://journals.tdl.org/jodi/article/viewArticle/131 %V 5 %X The computing world is based on one principal system of conventions -- the simulation of hierarchy and the simulation of paper. The article introduces an entirely different system of conventions for data and computing. zzstructure is a generalized representation for all data and a new set of mechanisms for all computing. The article provides a reference description of zzstructure and what we hope to build on it. From orthogonally connected data items (zzcells) and untyped connections (zzlinks), we build a cross-connected fabric of data (zzstructure) that is visualizable, interactive, and programmable. zzstructure does not have a canonical string representation, as is usual. It is essentially spatial. It is based on criss-crossed lists of cells which are assigned to dimensions. Along these dimensions the cells are viewable, traversible, and subject to operations. This leads to programming mechanisms built on this fabric; a virtual interactive machine (zzvim) built on these mechanisms; new visualization techniques built on the data fabric and mechanisms; and proposed new formats for the general representation of documents and arbitrary structure -- perhaps less biased than XML.

@article{Nelson2004, abstract = {The computing world is based on one principal system of conventions -- the simulation of hierarchy and the simulation of paper. The article introduces an entirely different system of conventions for data and computing. zzstructure is a generalized representation for all data and a new set of mechanisms for all computing. The article provides a reference description of zzstructure and what we hope to build on it. From orthogonally connected data items (zzcells) and untyped connections (zzlinks), we build a cross-connected fabric of data (zzstructure) that is visualizable, interactive, and programmable. zzstructure does not have a canonical string representation, as is usual. It is essentially spatial. It is based on criss-crossed lists of cells which are assigned to dimensions. Along these dimensions the cells are viewable, traversible, and subject to operations. This leads to programming mechanisms built on this fabric; a virtual interactive machine (zzvim) built on these mechanisms; new visualization techniques built on the data fabric and mechanisms; and proposed new formats for the general representation of documents and arbitrary structure -- perhaps less biased than XML.}, added-at = {2010-11-13T19:44:43.000+0100}, author = {Nelson, Ted}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/26774e76b0960c8036ce22fb4b5f69f67/voj}, interhash = {c0a9a1a28942ef8631b2379706d033a8}, intrahash = {6774e76b0960c8036ce22fb4b5f69f67}, journal = {Journal of Digital Information}, keywords = {datamodel hypermedia zz}, number = 1, timestamp = {2010-11-13T19:44:43.000+0100}, title = {A Cosmology for a Different Computer Universe: Data Model, Mechanisms, Virtual Machine and Visualization Infrastructure}, url = {http://journals.tdl.org/jodi/article/viewArticle/131}, volume = 5, year = 2004 }