The history of this project is quite interesting, and may look
different depending on whom you ask. So here is our view on it:
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1988 :
Publication:Applying Object-Oriented Design to Structured Graphics pdf
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Implement a 2D structured graphics library presenting an OO model
to the programmer.
Structured graphics is useful for building applications that use a
direct manipulation metaphor. Object-oriented languages offer
inheritance, encapsulation, and runtime binding of operations to
objects.
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1989 :
Publication:Unidraw: a Framework for Building Domain Specific
Graphical Editors |
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1990 :
Publication:Glyphs: Flyweight Objects for User Interfaces |
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1993 :
Fresco: make the IV API CORBA aware, i.e. add distributed graphical
embedding to the capabilities of IV. |
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1994 :
Release:ivtools 0.3: a set of editors built with the Unidraw Framework |
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1995 :
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Fresco proposed at OMG to RFP for Compound Document Facilities
goal: combine Fresco structured graphics with OpenDoc embedding
and document management
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