<s>
The	O
Korsakow	B-Application
System	O
(	O
Pronounced	O
'	O
KOR-SA-KOV	O
'	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
software	O
for	O
creating	O
browser-based	O
dynamic	O
documentaries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Invented	O
in	O
2000	O
by	O
Berlin-based	O
artist	O
Florian	O
Thalhofer	O
,	O
Korsakow	B-Application
allows	O
users	O
without	O
any	O
programming	B-General_Concept
expertise	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
interact	B-General_Concept
with	O
non-linear	O
or	O
database-driven	O
narratives	O
,	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Korsakow-Films	O
or	O
K-Films	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Korsakow	B-Application
is	O
currently	O
299	O
US$	O
for	O
the	O
PRO	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thalhofer	O
borrowed	O
the	O
name	O
for	O
his	O
thesis	O
and	O
first	O
Korsakow-film	O
,	O
""	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
2000	O
to	O
2015	O
the	O
application	O
has	O
been	O
released	O
as	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
October	O
2016	O
,	O
Korsakow	B-Application
6	O
is	O
now	O
exporting	O
to	O
html5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
July	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
newest	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Korsakow	B-Application
System	O
involved	O
a	O
complete	O
overhaul	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
upgrade	O
was	O
produced	O
under	O
the	O
aegis	O
of	O
the	O
Concordia	O
Interactive	B-General_Concept
Narrative	O
Experimentation	O
Research	O
Group	O
(	O
CINER-G	O
,	O
2007-2011	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
addressing	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
problems	O
with	O
version	O
3	O
,	O
version	O
5.0	O
was	O
recreated	O
from	O
scratch	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
as	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
can	O
export	O
as	O
a	O
.swf	O
file	O
which	O
requires	O
flash	B-Operating_System
player	I-Operating_System
to	O
view	O
,	O
currently	O
a	O
much	O
more	O
common	O
browser	B-Protocol
extension	I-Protocol
than	O
Shockwave	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
it	O
may	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
such	O
,	O
the	O
Korsakow	B-Application
System	O
was	O
not	O
intended	O
as	O
a	O
choose	O
your	O
own	O
adventure	O
builder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
achieve	O
this	O
,	O
each	O
Korsakow-film	O
is	O
composed	O
of	O
multiple	O
SNUs	O
or	O
smallest	O
narrative	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
usually	O
short	O
video	O
clips	O
ranging	O
from	O
20	O
seconds	O
to	O
a	O
few	O
minutes	O
in	O
duration	O
and	O
are	O
the	O
building	O
blocks	O
of	O
each	O
Korsakow-film	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
of	O
the	O
Korsakow	B-Application
software	O
"	O
SNUify	O
"	O
their	O
media	O
by	O
adding	O
rules	O
guiding	O
the	O
relationship	O
between	O
each	O
SNU	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
SNU	O
can	O
be	O
assigned	O
"	O
in	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
out	O
"	O
tags	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whenever	O
a	O
clip	O
begins	O
,	O
the	O
database	O
will	O
be	O
queried	O
for	O
other	O
SNUs	O
whose	O
"	O
in	O
"	O
tags	B-General_Concept
match	O
the	O
"	O
out	O
"	O
tags	B-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
current	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Films	O
output	O
on	O
Korsakow	B-Application
version	O
3	O
or	O
earlier	O
could	O
only	O
be	O
viewed	O
online	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
generic	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
