xuBasicFormats-D1
=== 13.10.03
XANADU PURPLE BASIC FORMATS
Theodor Holm Nelson
Founding Designer, Project Xanadu
=== SPANPOINTER TO ORIGINAL CONTENT—
-- a sequence of elements from one primal sourcedoc
(used in both .xanalink and .xanadoc)
spanpointer =
start ___
length ___
in xanadoc ___
# start and length refer to primary source address
in original sourcedoc.
# “in xanadoc” means the content is to be shown
in a particular xanadoc.
# If xanadoc is omitted, the content is to be shown
in its primal sourcedoc.
=== file type .xanalink
=== XANALINK, A TABLE OF CONNECTION
xanalink ___ [name, optional]
type-definition ___ [string]
type-address ____ [optional]
*endset-1
meaning ___ [optional]
spanpointer
spanpointer…
…
* endset-2
…
=== file type.xanadoc
=== EDITDECISION LIST (EDL)
*clip
spanpointer …
*clip
spanpointer …
*xanalink-address
*xanalink-address
# Clips are in sequence.
# Xanalink-addresses are sequence-independent but for good form should be in separate lists.
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Dr. Dr. Theodor Holm Nelson
Internet Archive Fellow
Original Visionary of the World Wide Web, 1960
Home pages hyperland.com xanadu.com
Google "TheTedNelson" for my YouTube Channel.
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