X-Git-Url: http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitweb/?p=sixth.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Findex.org;h=b98cb0428beba5fe1abc4c2894c86f6aa5ec677f;hp=94db8045abcee1b635dfbc476373c5a91bb1b3f3;hb=3b080e9210fd5ce2de5269e66d3f0e16f7a278a4;hpb=33c69caf6ae376ae8d59c21f59095f45b8163bff diff --git a/doc/index.org b/doc/index.org index 94db804..b98cb04 100644 --- a/doc/index.org +++ b/doc/index.org @@ -1,68 +1,130 @@ #+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]] - -- 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. - -- Program author: - - Svjatoslav Agejenko - - Homepage: http://svjatoslav.eu - - Email: mailto://svjatoslav@svjatoslav.eu - -- [[http://svjatoslav.eu/programs.jsp][other applications hosted at svjatoslav.eu]] - * (document settings) :noexport: ** use dark style for TWBS-HTML exporter -#+HTML_HEAD: -#+HTML_HEAD: -#+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.]] - - - [[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]] +* General +- This program is free software: released under Creative Commons Zero + (CC0) license -* 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 - -* Features to implement 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. - -- Become an alternative to KDE, Gnome, Canonical Unity or similar desktop user - interfaces. - -- Become an open source scientific computing engine of structured data as an - alternative to proprietary Wolfram Alpha. - -- Become an open source solution for unstructured knowledge extraction and - processing, similar to IBM Watson. +- Program author: + - Svjatoslav Agejenko + - Homepage: https://svjatoslav.eu + - Email: mailto://svjatoslav@svjatoslav.eu -- P2P (Peer to peer) distributed computation system. +- [[https://www.svjatoslav.eu/projects/][Other software projects hosted at svjatoslav.eu]] + +** Source code ++ Note - Sixth is currently empty parent/shell project. You can find + working code under [[id:52dbbf4c-2ef4-42a6-8331-ad006b6a52ae][sub-projects]]. + +- [[https://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitweb/?p=sixth.git;a=snapshot;h=HEAD;sf=tgz][Download latest snapshot in TAR GZ format]] + +- [[https://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitweb/?p=sixth.git;a=summary][Browse Git repository online]] + +- Clone Git repository using command: + : git clone https://www2.svjatoslav.eu/git/sixth.git +* Vision - A tool to amplify human ability + :PROPERTIES: + :ID: 1f4e1c17-d25f-4d92-aa9b-5785f1d86f4f + :END: +Goal is, so called bicycle for the mind. + +A tool, that provides powerful, extensible, adaptable, hackable, easy +to use, general purpose computing environment for working with +knowledge. + +[[id:c19c5a3b-dfb0-4f7f-961c-a387b925669f][See extensible, programmable computing environment examples]]. + +I would like to create better general purpose computing environment +with the following priorities: + ++ Makes data and insights easy to discover, understand, manipulate, + transform and visualize. + ++ Workflow and user interface is intuitive, visual, realtime, + 3D-first. + + #+BEGIN_QUOTE + “Virtual reality holds the key to the evolution of the human mind” + Dr. Lawrence Angelo, The Lawnmower Man (1992) + #+END_QUOTE + ++ Computations are done primarily in [[https://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-data/][on versioned data in distributed, + scalable, arbitrary dimensional hypercube based geometrical + computation engine]]. + ++ Free and open. + ++ Network first: + + Cross device: + + Easily switch devices and still access same data, workspaces and + visualizations. + + Easily access and combine storage and computing resources of + other connected devices. + + + Ability to collaborate (multi user). + +** Extensible, programmable computing environment examples + :PROPERTIES: + :ID: c19c5a3b-dfb0-4f7f-961c-a387b925669f + :END: ++ [[https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/04/27/one-program-to-rule-them-all/][GNU Emacs]] - At the heart, Emacs is text editor on top of Lisp + runtime. Data storage and computation can be done in [[https://www.defmacro.org/ramblings/lisp.html][Lisp]]. Lisp is + on itself programmable programming language where new paradigms can + be added dynamically. Domain specific languages to fit particular + problem could be developed as needed and Emacs extended to support + those languages. Emacs provides text buffers that can be used to + build user interfaces. So you can customize Emacs and Lisp to fit + any problem domain. + ++ [[https://www.eclipse.org/ide/][Eclipse IDE]] - In essence [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSGi][OSGi]] platform with a text + editor. Computation done in java. Eclipse provides integration, + runtime and GUI platform. One can develop Eclipse plugins to add + necessary logic and visual parts to fit any problem. (IntelliJ and + NetBeans have similar properties) + ++ [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Notes][IBM Notes/Domino]] - Custom database engine, software development + platform, GUI editor, computation can be done in Java and + LotusScript. You can build distributed business applications on it + as a platform. + ++ [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABAP][SAP ABAP]] - Custom database engine, runtime, GUI platform, + development environment and programming language. Is being used as a + platform to build business applications with any logic and UI. + ++ [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Access][Microsoft Access]] - Database management system that combines + relational database engine with a graphical user interface and + software-development tools. +* Current status ++ Formulated high-level [[id:1f4e1c17-d25f-4d92-aa9b-5785f1d86f4f][vision / goal]]. + ++ In the process of implementing some of [[id:52dbbf4c-2ef4-42a6-8331-ad006b6a52ae][building blocks]]. + ++ System is nowhere near complete (given magnitude of effort required + and almost non-existent free time available). Contributions are + welcome ! +* Architecture / components + :PROPERTIES: + :ID: 52dbbf4c-2ef4-42a6-8331-ad006b6a52ae + :END: ++ [[https://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth/][Sixth]] - Parent project. + + [[https://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-data/][Sixth Data]] - Data storage and computation engine. + + [[https://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-3d/][Sixth 3D]] - 3D engine - for user interface and data visualization. + + [[https://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-3d-demos/][Sixth 3D engine demos]] - Demonstration of Sixth 3D engine capabilities. + +* 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 [[https://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/fifth/][Fifth]] + (computing/programming environment). + - Forth/Fifth felt a bit too low-level language. So current + project/approach is an attempt using Java.