Study For The Development of Human Intellect Augmentation Techniques Report 1 Feb69
18 February 1969
Semiannual Technical Letter Report 1
Covering the Period 9 August 1968 through 8 February 1969
Stanford Research Institute Project 7079
STUDY FOR TIiE DEVELOPMENT
OF
HUMAN INTELLECT AUGMENTATION TECHNIQUES
by
D. C. Engelbart
and Staff of the Augmented Human
Intellect Research Center
Contract NASl-7897
Prepared for
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Langley Research Center, Langley Station
Langley, Virginia 23365, Mail Stop 126
Copy No.
96
AI>STRAC1'
This report covers prop,ress wade during six months of a continuing
research progrmll in the Augmented Hunan Intellect Hcsearch Center
(AllIRC) of Stanford Hesearch Insti tute.
The program is directed tCHvard the discovery of principles and
techniques for the aU5~len
tat iOIl of IllllJlan effectiveness in
in te llectua 1 tasks hy --Jl1eans of di reet J oIl-line compnter aids used OIl
a full-tili1e basis.
A considerable portion of the report is devoted to developments in
the tlOn~Lie
System" (NLS) J which is a unified system incorporating
many of the cOlnpnter aj ds that have heen developed in the project.
i
CONTENTS
ABSTRACT .
i
FOREWORD.
iii
I
II
III
IV
GENERAL.
NEW NLS FEATURES
3
TODAS . .
9
GODOS .
10
NIC .
11
SERVICE-SYSTEM DEVELOPMENTS . .
17
FUTURE PLANS
. . . . . . .
19
Appendix A:
MIl PARTICIPATION AT THE FJCC . .
24
Appendix B:
THE NLS VECTOR PACKAGE
31
Appendix C:
THE INFORMATION-RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
35
Appendix D:
THE NLS CONTENT ANALYZER
40
Appendix E:
THE NLS LINKING FEATURE . .
52
Appendix F:
TODAS USER'S GUIDE
56
Appendix G:
GODOS USER'S GUIDE
60
Appendix H:
NIC SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS (PART I)
66
Appendix I:
PLAN FOR REWRITING COMPILERS
70
Appendix J:
NETWORK DECODE-ENCODE LANGUAGE
78
Appendix K:
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE NIC .
82
V
VI
VII
SIGNATURE SHEET
90
ii
FOREWORD
The Augmented Human Intellect Research Center (AHIRC) operates under
multiple sponsorship by NASA. ARPA, and the 11. S. Air Force.
Al though this report applies specifically to :~AS
Contract NASl-7879,
not all of the work reported was funded exclusive ly by NASA. The
Center's multiple funding is used in a highly integrated, flexible
manner. For this reason, explicit separation of funding areas for a
report such as this one \~old
he di fficul t and would resul t in an
unnatural division of material from a technical-information point of
view.
AJlIRC is a research center operating within Stanford Research
Institute a It is devoted to research on techniques and principles
for the augmentation of 1nun an inte llectual processes by means of
direct computer aid to intellectual (information-handling) tasks.
This report \Vas composed, orr,ani7.ed, formatted, and typed entirely by
means of some of the computer aids developed by AHIRC. The main body
of the report is a general account of activities in NIIRC during the
last six months and of pI ans for the future. Several of the areas
treated in the main body are expanded in greater detail in the
appendices.
iii
I
GENERAL
The th rec NOS t important aspects of our progress durinp, this
six-month period were as follows:
Becoming operational \;lith our six-station On-Line System (NLS)
facility
Participatinr. in the Fall .loint Computer Conference, includinj! the
preparation for the rreselltation (see Appendix A ror a full
aCcOllIlt
of this participation)
~1Jctw)rk
(StHtelilCllt of \~ork
Annex UBU)
Advanced Heseal'ch Projects Agency (ARPA)
(7) n.C.S.H. On-Line Syste;] :'tnHual
Oni vers i ty of Cal i fond a, Santa Barbara (HCSH)
1 October 1967.
~T
E. B" Sh
Semiannual Technical Letter Report 1
Covering the Period 9 August 1968 through 8 February 1969
Stanford Research Institute Project 7079
STUDY FOR TIiE DEVELOPMENT
OF
HUMAN INTELLECT AUGMENTATION TECHNIQUES
by
D. C. Engelbart
and Staff of the Augmented Human
Intellect Research Center
Contract NASl-7897
Prepared for
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Langley Research Center, Langley Station
Langley, Virginia 23365, Mail Stop 126
Copy No.
96
AI>STRAC1'
This report covers prop,ress wade during six months of a continuing
research progrmll in the Augmented Hunan Intellect Hcsearch Center
(AllIRC) of Stanford Hesearch Insti tute.
The program is directed tCHvard the discovery of principles and
techniques for the aU5~len
tat iOIl of IllllJlan effectiveness in
in te llectua 1 tasks hy --Jl1eans of di reet J oIl-line compnter aids used OIl
a full-tili1e basis.
A considerable portion of the report is devoted to developments in
the tlOn~Lie
System" (NLS) J which is a unified system incorporating
many of the cOlnpnter aj ds that have heen developed in the project.
i
CONTENTS
ABSTRACT .
i
FOREWORD.
iii
I
II
III
IV
GENERAL.
NEW NLS FEATURES
3
TODAS . .
9
GODOS .
10
NIC .
11
SERVICE-SYSTEM DEVELOPMENTS . .
17
FUTURE PLANS
. . . . . . .
19
Appendix A:
MIl PARTICIPATION AT THE FJCC . .
24
Appendix B:
THE NLS VECTOR PACKAGE
31
Appendix C:
THE INFORMATION-RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
35
Appendix D:
THE NLS CONTENT ANALYZER
40
Appendix E:
THE NLS LINKING FEATURE . .
52
Appendix F:
TODAS USER'S GUIDE
56
Appendix G:
GODOS USER'S GUIDE
60
Appendix H:
NIC SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS (PART I)
66
Appendix I:
PLAN FOR REWRITING COMPILERS
70
Appendix J:
NETWORK DECODE-ENCODE LANGUAGE
78
Appendix K:
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE NIC .
82
V
VI
VII
SIGNATURE SHEET
90
ii
FOREWORD
The Augmented Human Intellect Research Center (AHIRC) operates under
multiple sponsorship by NASA. ARPA, and the 11. S. Air Force.
Al though this report applies specifically to :~AS
Contract NASl-7879,
not all of the work reported was funded exclusive ly by NASA. The
Center's multiple funding is used in a highly integrated, flexible
manner. For this reason, explicit separation of funding areas for a
report such as this one \~old
he di fficul t and would resul t in an
unnatural division of material from a technical-information point of
view.
AJlIRC is a research center operating within Stanford Research
Institute a It is devoted to research on techniques and principles
for the augmentation of 1nun an inte llectual processes by means of
direct computer aid to intellectual (information-handling) tasks.
This report \Vas composed, orr,ani7.ed, formatted, and typed entirely by
means of some of the computer aids developed by AHIRC. The main body
of the report is a general account of activities in NIIRC during the
last six months and of pI ans for the future. Several of the areas
treated in the main body are expanded in greater detail in the
appendices.
iii
I
GENERAL
The th rec NOS t important aspects of our progress durinp, this
six-month period were as follows:
Becoming operational \;lith our six-station On-Line System (NLS)
facility
Participatinr. in the Fall .loint Computer Conference, includinj! the
preparation for the rreselltation (see Appendix A ror a full
aCcOllIlt
of this participation)
~1Jctw)rk
(StHtelilCllt of \~ork
Annex UBU)
Advanced Heseal'ch Projects Agency (ARPA)
(7) n.C.S.H. On-Line Syste;] :'tnHual
Oni vers i ty of Cal i fond a, Santa Barbara (HCSH)
1 October 1967.
~T
E. B" Sh