[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/Paper paper.tex

[Tuomas J. Lukka]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/gzz
Module name:    manuscripts
Changes by:     Tuomas J. Lukka <address@hidden>        03/03/05 11:20:03

Modified files:
        Paper          : paper.tex 

Log message:
        Remove data identity discussion, as it confuses the referees

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/Paper/paper.tex.diff?tr1=1.2&tr2=1.3&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: manuscripts/Paper/paper.tex
diff -u manuscripts/Paper/paper.tex:1.2 manuscripts/Paper/paper.tex:1.3
--- manuscripts/Paper/paper.tex:1.2     Wed Mar  5 05:50:08 2003
+++ manuscripts/Paper/paper.tex Wed Mar  5 11:20:03 2003
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 %Hardware-Accelerated 
 by Unique Background Textures}
 
-\newauthor{tjl}{\censor{Tuomas J. Lukka}}{}
 \newauthor{jvk}{\censor{Janne V. Kujala}}{}
+\newauthor{tjl}{\censor{Tuomas J. Lukka}}{}
 \affiliation{\censor{
   Hyperstructure Group\\
   Dept.~of Mathematical Information Technology\\
@@ -226,6 +226,8 @@
 % In this article, we apply texture shading to synthesize a large number
 % of unique textures for distinguishing virtual objects.
 
+XXX Interrante
+
 
 \subsection{Focus+Context views}
 
@@ -272,63 +274,63 @@
 % In this article, we 
 % 
 
-\subsection{Data Identity}
-
-% Reason this is important for the article:
-% uniq.textures really help only on systems that do this part right. 
-
-The identity of data is an important concept which 
-most current computer systems have not been programmed to handle properly,
-and is usually not visualized at all: icons are used to represent different
-file {\em types}, instead of the identities of the actual files.
-Some systems (e.g., KDE) show previews of the files in the icons,
-which is useful but is not the same as showing the identity.
-
-% The concept of ``file'', which was developed early in the history
-% of computers has become so pervasive that...
-
-For instance, consider a published scientific article
-available through several different URLs on the WWW,
-e.g.,~through ResearchIndex\cite{giles98citeseer%,lawrence99digital
-}, 
-the ACM portal and the author's web site. 
-Now, when a user downloads and saves one copy, the relationship between
-the local copy and the original on the WWW is severed, so 
-in the computer's opinion there are now {\em four} different entities,
-whereas the user thinks of them as the same article.
-
-When following another link to the same article at a different
-server, the computer has no idea that the article has already been downloaded
-(from another server) by the user, 
-and that the user has annotated that version
-of the article.
-The burden of matching the identities and locating the local version, if 
desired, is on the user.
-
-In a system based on identities, all references to the article would be made 
through
-the same identifier. The computer {\em would} know that this is a familiar 
article
-and would also be able to show the user's annotations;
-it would even be possible to show anyone else's published annotations and links
-to the article.
-
-Systems and protocols based on identities as opposed to files
-{\em do} exist, but mostly still only in research stage: for example,
-the Xanadu hypermedia 
model\cite{lukka02guids,ted-xanalogical-structure-needed},
-Open Hypermedia systems\cite{davis92openhypermedia},
-URN (Uniform Resource Name)\cite{rfc1737}, and
-URN-5\cite{fallenstein02urn5}.
-% and additionally, the recently opened 
-% informal URN-5 namespace\cite{fallenstein02urn5} is
-% one example of a different direction of identity.
-
-
-
-% Different versions
-
-% The reason for this state of the matter is that
-% there is little direct benefit for developing software which
-% handles identities better, because the current user interfaces cannot 
-% use the information to advantage; likewise, developing such interfaces
-% is next to useless without having the backend functionality.
+%  \subsection{Data Identity}
+%  
+%  % Reason this is important for the article:
+%  % uniq.textures really help only on systems that do this part right. 
+%  
+%  The identity of data is an important concept which 
+%  most current computer systems have not been programmed to handle properly,
+%  and is usually not visualized at all: icons are used to represent different
+%  file {\em types}, instead of the identities of the actual files.
+%  Some systems (e.g., KDE) show previews of the files in the icons,
+%  which is useful but is not the same as showing the identity.
+%  
+%  % The concept of ``file'', which was developed early in the history
+%  % of computers has become so pervasive that...
+%  
+%  For instance, consider a published scientific article
+%  available through several different URLs on the WWW,
+%  e.g.,~through ResearchIndex\cite{giles98citeseer%,lawrence99digital
+%  }, 
+%  the ACM portal and the author's web site. 
+%  Now, when a user downloads and saves one copy, the relationship between
+%  the local copy and the original on the WWW is severed, so 
+%  in the computer's opinion there are now {\em four} different entities,
+%  whereas the user thinks of them as the same article.
+%  
+%  When following another link to the same article at a different
+%  server, the computer has no idea that the article has already been 
downloaded
+%  (from another server) by the user, 
+%  and that the user has annotated that version
+%  of the article.
+%  The burden of matching the identities and locating the local version, if 
desired, is on the user.
+%  
+%  In a system based on identities, all references to the article would be 
made through
+%  the same identifier. The computer {\em would} know that this is a familiar 
article
+%  and would also be able to show the user's annotations;
+%  it would even be possible to show anyone else's published annotations and 
links
+%  to the article.
+%  
+%  Systems and protocols based on identities as opposed to files
+%  {\em do} exist, but mostly still only in research stage: for example,
+%  the Xanadu hypermedia 
model\cite{lukka02guids,ted-xanalogical-structure-needed},
+%  Open Hypermedia systems\cite{davis92openhypermedia},
+%  URN (Uniform Resource Name)\cite{rfc1737}, and
+%  URN-5\cite{fallenstein02urn5}.
+%  % and additionally, the recently opened 
+%  % informal URN-5 namespace\cite{fallenstein02urn5} is
+%  % one example of a different direction of identity.
+%  
+%  
+%  
+%  % Different versions
+%  
+%  % The reason for this state of the matter is that
+%  % there is little direct benefit for developing software which
+%  % handles identities better, because the current user interfaces cannot 
+%  % use the information to advantage; likewise, developing such interfaces
+%  % is next to useless without having the backend functionality.
 
 \section{The XXX xupdf user interface --- the motivation for unique 
backgrounds}