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???).
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