Linnk can be used to broadcast information to the world or to your colleagues and to organize your personal notes.
Linnk is designed to help you: · compose complex information in one integrated network (using keystrokes and drap&drop) · keep the information accessible (by using web standards XML and HTML and Semantic Web standard RDF) · use different operating systems (it is a java application) · publish parts of your database to the internet or intranet · search your database (using Spotlight or Google Desktop)
Here are some key features of "Linnk":
Database:
· Every document is stored in one xml-file
· that are connected via relative links
· so the database is extremely scalable (few kbs to some gbs).
· Of course you can add files and directories which are placed beside the xml-files in your local file system.
Editing:
· Use keystrokes to rapidly write down hierarchical information (You will see that this is a very intuitive way to represent information.).
· Multiple references to documents are supported so you can rather create information graphs than information trees.
Accessibility:
· The documents are stored in web standard xml
· and an xsl style sheet is also provided.
· So you can view the information directly in most browsers (ieexplorer, firefox, safari).
· There is no "database engine". All the files are placed directly in the file system.
· So you can view your information in nearly every environment without having to install Linnk.
Exporting:
· You can export parts of or your whole database using the publish function.
· The results are normal xhtml documents, which are connected via relative links.
· You can apply your own styles if you are familiar with html and css.
for Mac OS X Users:
· For every document a .linnk-file is created. Double-clicking on it opens linnk-editor. You can create aliases for important documents and place them on your desktop.
· Because the information is stored in xml and html-format, everything in your documents can easily be found with Spotlight.
Semantic Web:
· Linnk generates a network of Semantic Web documents (RDF), which are interlinked using the Linked Data principle