Re: [-empyre-] Re: semiomorphic..viral

[Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>]

I'm just wondering if there is a typology of such morphisms - for example,
skins for various applications, different mail readers getting the same
info off the spool, different text interfaces for MOOs, MUDs, etc. - the
same for newsgroups - new GUIs for various MOOs, etc. etc. - not to
mention the GUI variations in KDE, Gnome, even OSX. All of these have
different phenomenologies, and more or less the same underlying
information (beyond, say, window managers). There have been numerous
studies of usage in relation to interface - I think what you're describing
is similar? - Alan


On Sat, 25 Oct 2003, Troy Innocent wrote:

> Alan and empyrians,
>
> Semiotic morphism was originally developed as a way to translate
> between different types of Graphic User Interface design. Different
> types of interface design can represent the same information, and this
> process can occur automatically via an algorithmic process - the
> 'content' and the representation are separated.
>
> In Semiomorph (http://iconica.org/artefact/) this idea is applied to an
> electronic space which is represented as a third person digital game.
> All of the game elements may be represented as either text, diagrams,
> icons or simulation (the 'natural'  mode of game spaces - realism).
>
> Of course, it may potentially be applied to a wide range of possible
> systems - such as those you have described. The key element is that the
> system can be described in mathematical / symbolic terms so that it can
> be defined in terms of functions, variables etc.
>
> Troy.
>
> >
> >
> > One question/comment reading this re: semiotic morphism - what
> > morphisms?
> > I'm thinking of morphism say in category theory or the early work of
> > Julia
> > Kristeva - one should be able to create and manipulate a semiotics of
> > such
> > morphisms - as well as analyze their underlying logic -
> >
> > - alan
> >
> >
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