Tyler Thesis Proposal

Layers

A doodle can have different layers containing any of the four drawing elements. A layer may also contain as many other layers as are approved by its owner.

• The 'main' layer: the default layer shown at the inital viewing of a doodle.

  • contains the owner's elements and layers.

  • can contain other users' layers by approval by owner, which can be done when the layer is submitted by its creator or beforehand.

    • by granting write access to a layer for specific users (or groups or cliques) beforehand, the owner can create communal drawing spaces for synchronous sketching and dynamic detached discourse.

• Any other users' layers on top (including the owner).

  • these layers have to be manually enabled by the viewer, or by a specific link or search result. ??see links???

  • Layer names are unique. By convention, users can name layers for:

    • Metadata (tags, notes, comments, related links)

      • This is much like the user-appropriated del.ico.us tags to designate tags for certain people, like "for:user".??????
      • eg:?????

    • Appropriation (additions, alternatives, replies, remixes, remediations, graffiti, defacement, etc.)

      • eg:?????

    • Templates. Any user can duplicate any layer from any doodle in his network into his own doodle.

      • This means a template creator can offer a template layer for anyone to use, which is a list of as many other layers of layout and metadata for users to appropriate and customize, such as:

        • a standard profile, complete with standardized metadata layers like name, age, location, interests, picture, testimonials, etc.
        • a blog entry with layers for the title, content, and a space for comments.
        • structures for online games like a blank Exqusite Corpse canvas, with instructions and a scrollable space for drawing. (????Figures!!!???).
        • layouts for a picture gallery.
        • frames for collaborative comic books.
        • chain-letters and surveys

      • Since the name of the original template layer is preserved when a user appropriates it, viewers can easily search for all doodles containing derivatives of a certain template. This will make it easy to find active games of exquisite corpse, for instance, or to search for all blogs by a certain user or clique.

        • eg: A user could search for all blogs by all users in his contact list, like Live Journal?'s Friends page (???reference???).