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PurpleNumbers are used fundamentally by the PurpleWiki wiki engine.
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'''Purple Numbers''' allow a finer grain access to web pages. It let's us link to a specific paragraphs or bullet point inside a web page, rather than merely taking us to the top of that page like url's normally do. | '''Purple Numbers''' allow a finer grain access to web pages. It let's us link to a specific paragraphs or bullet point inside a web page, rather than merely taking us to the top of that page like url's normally do. | ||
On wiki's (or other applications) where Purple | On wiki's (or other applications) where Purple Numbers are supported, all one needs to do is to mouse-over a Purple Number, right-mouse-click and COPY that hyperlink (on the IE browser, it's "Copy Shortcut", and on the Netscape browser, it's "Copy Link Location"). One can then PASTE this hyperlink to an e-mail message, to your instant message, or to a document s/he is composing. That link will now take its reader back to exactly the same paragraph the author wanted to refer his/her reader(s) to. | ||
If you are not familiar with Purple | If you are not familiar with Purple Numbers you may want to read up on [http://www.bootstrap.org/chronicle/cv.html Doug Engelbart]'s work on [http://www.bootstrap.org/augdocs/augment-132811.htm#7 Open Hyperdocument System (OHS)] and [http://www.bootstrap.org/augdocs/bi-2120.html#2C2 high resolution addressability]. See also Eugene Eric Kim's [http://www.eekim.com/software/purple/purple.html “An Introduction to Purple”], Eric Armstrong's comments on [http://purpleslurple.cim3.org/ps.php?theurl=http://www.treelight.com/software/collaboration/whatsWrongWithEmail.html#purp587 granular addressability], and Matthew Schneider's [http://www.purpleslurple.net/ PurpleSlurple]. | ||
Examples: | Examples: | ||
*linking to a paragraph on this wiki - http://community.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nidF | |||
*linking to a section on another wiki - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/#nid011 | |||
*linking to a paragraph within an archived forum message - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2002-09/msg00000.html#nid03 | |||
*linking to a section within a paper published on the web - http://ps1.cim3.net/ps.php?theurl=http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-webont-req-20040210/#purp290 | |||
Try putting PurpleNumbers on existing web pages with PurpleSlurple at: http://ps1.cim3.net/ps.php | |||
(Important: be fully aware, though, that the persistence of Purple Numbers thus created are dependent on the peristence of the source web page.) | |||
For a little '''history''' on Purple Numbers, see: http://community.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?PurpleNumbers#nidAAL | |||
PurpleNumbers are used fundamentally by the [[:Category:PurpleWiki|PurpleWiki]] wiki engine. | |||
[[Category:Wiki Topic]] | [[Category:Wiki Topic]] | ||