A: Nio is an interactive electronic literature artwork created by Jim Andrews in 2001. It blends animated text and user input, delivered through web and optical disc media.

A: Nio was created by Canadian digital artist and writer Jim Andrews, known for his contributions to electronic literature and digital poetry.

A: Nio was developed using Adobe Director and Adobe Shockwave technologies, with HTML as the underlying programming language. It functions as both a web page and standalone application.

Nio

creative work by Jim Andrews

Place creative_work Q132197858

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Instance of: creative work, application software, web page^[3]^[4]
Author: Jim Andrews^[2]
Genre: electronic literature^[7]
Language of work or name: English^[9]
Publication date: 2001^[14]
Programming language: HTML
Distribution format: web page, optical disc^[12]^[13]
Programmed in: HTML^[8]
Published in: academic journal^[15]
Publisher: Turbulence, Electronic Literature Organization^[5]^[6]
Software engine: Adobe Director, Adobe Shockwave^[10]^[11]
Uses: QuickTime^[16]

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ELMCIP ID: 817

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Instance of 3

web page, application software, creative work

Distribution format 2

web page, optical disc

Software engine 2

Adobe Shockwave, Adobe Director

Genre 1

electronic literature

Language of work or name 1

English

Programmed in 1

HTML

Published in 1

academic journal

Publisher 1

Turbulence

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Summary

Nio is a creative work^[1].

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[3] ↑ Nio — instance of (P31): application software. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Nio — instance of (P31): web page. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Nio — author (P50): Jim Andrews. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Nio — publisher (P123): Turbulence. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Nio — publisher (P123): Electronic Literature Organization. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Nio — genre (P136): electronic literature. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Nio — programmed in (P277): HTML. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Nio — language of work or name (P407): English. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Nio — software engine (P408): Adobe Director. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Nio — software engine (P408): Adobe Shockwave. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Nio — distribution format (P437): web page. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Nio — distribution format (P437): optical disc. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Nio — publication date (P577): 2001. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Nio — published in (P1433): academic journal. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Nio — uses (P2283): QuickTime. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Nio is an instance of creative work (Q17537576) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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