| Doesn't really work. The fidelity of the links is low. It needs to have an expressed ontology. It's a geometric and spacial language as bucky fuller wrote about. It's an extension of the written word that incorporates a semantic geometry. This only sounds wacky because it's new. Let's put it this way. Our rules for the written word doesn't really go high up in the abstraction. In English we have a character set that serves as phonetic and a bit of a fuzzy etymology history and that's it. We don't arrange the words in space differently depending on the expressed intent. There's no squares, circles or triangles that the words enfold upon. Lines or arrows are not part of the writing system. But if you look at how students take notes, you'll invariably find many invent their own extensions to accommodate for this oversight. Shapes, colors, squiggles, and other affectations carry semantic weight. It's been invented and reinvented millions of times. I've asked people whenever I see it in the past 10 years or so and almost nobody realizes they invented their own system. They are just doing "what makes sense to them". And there's lots of commonalities. People reinvent the same things. Semiotics is a natural tool of expression, comprehension and understanding. The wall between it and the written word is an artificial construct that people naturally ignore in their personal writings. I hear people think others won't be able to understand their notes - it's just for them. You'd be surprised how universal these linguistic extensions actually are. This interaction is an important tool in expressing the natures of corpi transclusions on the project we call the web. We've got the pixels to do it now. Let's go! Anyways. I'm sure this reads like I'm a nutjob. And yes, I've talked to Ted Nelson about this. He doesn't seem to get it. My email is in my profile if you're interested. The most important aspect to succeeding here is keeping it open, collaborative and free. The organizational structure has to mirror the desired organization of the output as Conway put it about 60 years ago. |