X-Git-Url: http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitweb/?p=sixth.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Findex.org;h=9284711e0bf97219ff42bd01d139ad03fd71e799;hp=e166a98dfc0ed0726fc6280e75dd4442ad35c6ac;hb=23d476a4356122751cae7bcafac64647d75d9f17;hpb=0c433a6018b747a48fde1d94c7466182e762883f diff --git a/doc/index.org b/doc/index.org index e166a98..9284711 100644 --- a/doc/index.org +++ b/doc/index.org @@ -1,22 +1,26 @@ #+TITLE: Sixth - system for data storage, computation, exploration and interaction ----- -- [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitweb/?p=sixth.git;a=snapshot;h=HEAD;sf=tgz][download latest snapshot]] +- Clone GIT repository using command: + : git clone http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/git/sixth.git -- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under - the terms of version 3 of the [[https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html][GNU Lesser General Public License]] or later as - published by the Free Software Foundation. +- [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitweb/?p=sixth.git;a=snapshot;h=HEAD;sf=tgz][Download latest snapshot in TAR GZ format]] + ++ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify + it under the terms of the [[https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html][GNU Lesser General Public License]] as + published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the + License, or (at your option) any later version. - Program author: - Svjatoslav Agejenko - Homepage: http://svjatoslav.eu - Email: mailto://svjatoslav@svjatoslav.eu -- [[http://svjatoslav.eu/programs.jsp][other applications hosted at svjatoslav.eu]] +- [[http://www.svjatoslav.eu/projects/][Other software projects hosted at svjatoslav.eu]] * (document settings) :noexport: ** use dark style for TWBS-HTML exporter -#+HTML_HEAD: +#+HTML_HEAD: #+HTML_HEAD: #+HTML_HEAD: " #+HTML_HEAD: -* Current status -There is nothing useful for regular people yet. - -Sixth is presently in research / prototyping and ideas collecting phase. Some -working parts are already implemented: - - -+ Sub projects: - - [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/sixth-data/doc/index.html][First layer of storage: Simple persistent key-value map.]] +* Vision - A tool to amplify human ability + :PROPERTIES: + :ID: 1f4e1c17-d25f-4d92-aa9b-5785f1d86f4f + :END: +#+BEGIN_VERSE +Makes lots of complex data intuitive to: + - explore, understand + - manipulate and compute on - - [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/sixth-3d/doc/index.html][In software, pure Java realtime 3D rendering engine.]] - - [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/sixth-3d-demos/doc/index.html][3D engine demos]] +by extensively relying on: + - [[http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-3d/][Realtime 3D graphics]] with immediate feedback loop. + - [[http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-data/][Flexible and distributed computation and data storage]]. +#+END_VERSE -* Vision -- A tool to amplify human ability. - -- Properly visualizes and immerses user in completely various forms of - information and provides intuitive and powerful ways to explore, - interact and manipulate it with fast feedback loop to immediately - see results. #+BEGIN_QUOTE “Virtual reality holds the key to the evolution of the human mind” Dr. Lawrence Angelo, The Lawnmower Man (1992) #+END_QUOTE -* Feature ideas to implement/incorporate in the future -- Semantic networks / knowledge trees. - - Is able to use natural language for knowledge mining and question answering. - This could potentially lead to self aware artificial intelligence. Because - of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics]["Three laws safe"]] design, there is nothing that can go wrong. +* Current status ++ Formulated high-level [[id:1f4e1c17-d25f-4d92-aa9b-5785f1d86f4f][vision / goal]]. + ++ In the process of implementing some of building blocks: + - [[http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-data/][Data storage engine.]] + + - [[http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-3d/][In software, pure Java realtime 3D rendering engine.]] + - [[http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-3d-demos/][3D engine demos]] + ++ System is nowhere near complete (given magnitude of effort required + and my free time available). Contributions welcome ! :) -- Become an alternative to KDE, Gnome, Canonical Unity or similar desktop user - interfaces. +* Computation ideas ++ Program - stored instructions for execution by computer. -- Become an open source scientific computing engine of structured data as an - alternative to proprietary Wolfram Alpha. ++ Process - Currently running program. + + Process is self contained. Has a full copy of program code and + every dependent library. -- Become an open source solution for unstructured knowledge extraction and - processing, similar to IBM Watson. + + Memory used by processes is content addressed/deduplicated at + low level in the system. -- P2P (Peer to peer) distributed computation system. + + This allows: + + Upgrading software installed in the system without breaking + already running processes. -* Technical capabilities to have -Perfect computing system must have advanced data visualization, -storage, transmission and computation capabilities. + + Easier migration of running processes between physical + computers. -There are LOTS of existing cool technical ideas and solutions for each -challenge. It's really hard to pick the best. Here is a small list to -evaluate. -** Computing -Efficient distributed computing is required. + + Possibility to suspend/resume arbitrary processes to permament + storage. -Possible solutions: -+ MapReduce algorithm. -+ LLVM. -+ Julia programming language. -+ ... -** Networking -P2P secure, fast and reliable networking is required. + + Possibility checkpoint/revert running process. -Possible solutions: + + Possibility to clone/branch running process. -+ I2P: https://geti2p.net/en/ -+ GNUnet: https://gnunet.org/ -+ FreeNet -+ ... +* Frequently Given Answers +- Why such name ? + - In short: it's just a number. + - Many years ago inspired by the ideas of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_(programming_language)][Forth (programming + language)]] I decided to create my own implementation [[http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/fifth/][Fifth]] + (computing/programming environment). + - Then I realized I miss type safe object oriented capabilities. So + I updated the name to Sixth and switched to Java.