# noth'rs

> creative work by John Cayley

**Wikidata**: [Q132199357](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132199357)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/noth-rs

## Summary
noth'rs is a digital poetry creative work and software application authored by John Cayley and published in 1999. The work is available in English and French and is catalogued with elmcip_id 6134.

## Key Facts
- noth'rs is a creative work authored by John Cayley.  
- The work was published in 1999.  
- noth'rs is classified as digital poetry.  
- The work is also described as an application (software program or group of programs designed for end-users).  
- Languages of the work are English and French.  
- The entry is indexed with elmcip_id 6134.  
- Instance types assigned: creative work and application.  
- Wikidata describes noth'rs as a "creative work by John Cayley."

## FAQs
### Q: What is noth'rs?
A: noth'rs is a digital poetry work that is also presented as an application, created by John Cayley and published in 1999.

### Q: Who created noth'rs and when was it published?
A: noth'rs was created by John Cayley and published in 1999.

### Q: In what languages is noth'rs available?
A: noth'rs is available in English and French.

## Why It Matters
noth'rs matters as an instance where literary practice and software converge. It is identified both as a creative work and as an application, which highlights its dual nature as a piece of digital literature and as a software-based artifact. As digital poetry, it forms part of the body of work that uses computational formats and interfaces to produce, present, or manipulate poetic text. Its bilingual availability (English and French) increases accessibility across linguistic communities. The inclusion of an institutional identifier (elmcip_id 6134) situates noth'rs within curated records of electronic literature, making it discoverable for researchers and practitioners interested in late-20th-century digital literary works. For anyone studying the development of digital poetry or the overlap between software and literary forms, noth'rs provides a concrete, dated example (1999) authored by John Cayley.

## Notable For
- Being a work of digital poetry.  
- Being authored by John Cayley.  
- Publication in 1999.  
- Bilingual presentation in English and French.  
- Being classified both as a creative work and as an application and indexed with elmcip_id 6134.

## Body
### Overview
- Title: noth'rs.  
- Creator/Author: John Cayley.  
- Publication year: 1999.  
- Primary classification: creative work.  
- Secondary classification: application (software program or group of programs designed for end-users).

### Genre and Form
- Genre: digital poetry.  
- The work functions within digital literary practice and is associated with software presentation (instance: application).

### Languages
- Languages of work: English and French.

### Identifiers and Records
- elmcip_id: 6134.  
- Wikidata description: "creative work by John Cayley."

### Classification Details
- Instance of: creative work.  
- Instance of: application.  
- Related concept: application — defined as a software program or group of programs designed for end-users.

### Bibliographic Data
- Publication date: 1999.  
- Author: John Cayley.

### Usage Notes
- As both a creative work and an application, noth'rs can be referenced in contexts discussing digital literature, software-based poetry, and bilingual digital texts.