Electronic writing is the most important communication channel for transmitting information. Its unique feature of allowing an automatic search from a wide range of information and the facts, interpreted by the reader, make it an effective channel of communication in respect of the transmission of objective information.

Writing began and continues to be recorded manually. This process is however reductive, since it does not allow searches on the information. All information that is useful and fairly consulted, should be in digital format. The book has however the advantage of portability, however if the technology to solve this problem of access is resolved, the book will cease to have utility it has today.

The digital writing format is usually used to achieve the shape on paper. Using Notepad, Winword or Powerpoint, will bring big differences in outcome. However, that information is disclosed, should be on the internet, and even Notepad can be saved as html, but did not get the formatting that is recorded in a file winword html file or a PowerPoint. Both in winword as in powerpoint, specifically on the issue as much information as formatting, the end result being something that conveys the information with the formatting that the author chooses.

Whatever the document is stored in files and those files are on each computer, emailed to other computers or via diskette, and these forms of dissemination of low capacity. To be actually read and disseminated must be published on the web, or published in book / magazine, which requires additional work for publication.

This is the normal system or philosophy that we all use, and therefore may be difficult to bring it into question. I now some distance in order to be able to identify potential problems:

  • Why be forced to define formatting when I want to convey information that is independent of the formatting?
  • Why this division in files, and the consequent concern of the computer that is, versions, etc.?
  • Why the additional task of publication / release? There is supposed to be thinking about the next text?

Answering the first question can be stated that nowadays no one cares about anything that did not show a minimal, or it can be shown that the formatting is part of the information in order to give more importance to certain other parties, such as a speech intonation can vary. The reality today is that the automatic formatting a presentation is minimal, and is intended to convey information by formatting, so we're not talking about objective, accurate and rigorous, and other information that you use other channels such as great music to convey feelings, but unfortunately only of feelings does not make the bread, institutions do not work, nor write scientific papers. I therefore consider that the time spent on formatting is wasted, and even be those who read the text that must choose between several automatic formatting as it is he who knows his purpose and their reading preferences.

The second question may seem almost meaningless, since the files can be downloaded and accessed as a whole, being the basic unit of the operating system. However operating systems predates the Web and continue regardless of this, and work independently from other computers. A file on a computer is not in another, and a user entering a computer that is not yours does not have your files. The servers at the level of local network has solved these problems, but not every person would be more functional to have your information always reachable via the Internet? The breakdown of the files is a tax which is the file format, which can be read by anyone and a specific program. Is it right to information processed by special programs, but for textual information, the paragraphs must be grouped in a text file? Why is not the paragraph and the element atomic system via a web form to be accessed in the same way everywhere?

Finally the third question is natural responses that without the proper publishing and disseminating the text of no avail, thus being well spent time of publication / disclosure, whether in the form of a book, or on the web. I think a server that has the information available for editing via the Web, may well provide the information to understand what the author for viewing via the web, which is just getting edited, published. The issue of disclosure is that transcends the text, obviously the tools to publicize the web address, can not compare today the release of a book or magazine, but publication can be made at no cost, if the text has been done right on the web.

The alternative in terms of system / philosophy is to define the writing mode of information without associated format, as text in a hierarchical order to group the text by subject. This hierarchy is used as sub-chapters and chapters in texts, and in directories and sub-directories and files in the cast is here, it is not important whether a text is directory or chapter. The place where information is stored must be a web server so that information becomes available and no additional work is editable and view anywhere.

The SIWEB Information System (WEB), which is used in this website was created in order to provide this alternative, to which was added a multi-user and other information, the "structured information", giving a interest to the system much wider than the basic philosophy set forth in this introduction.