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[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst
From: |
Benja Fallenstein |
Subject: |
[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst |
Date: |
Sat, 01 Nov 2003 16:07:11 -0500 |
CVSROOT: /cvsroot/gzz
Module name: manuscripts
Branch:
Changes by: Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden> 03/11/01 16:07:11
Modified files:
pointers : article.rst
Log message:
intro; comment on wayback machine: nice, but a single point of failure
for **the whole Web**
CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/pointers/article.rst.diff?tr1=1.56&tr2=1.57&r1=text&r2=text
Patches:
Index: manuscripts/pointers/article.rst
diff -u manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.56
manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.57
--- manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.56 Sat Nov 1 15:52:10 2003
+++ manuscripts/pointers/article.rst Sat Nov 1 16:07:10 2003
@@ -46,12 +46,13 @@
However, most current P2P systems have no facility
for updating documents, and those that do
require keeping the current version as state in the network.
-Thus, unlike in file-sharing, to keep a version of a Web page available,
-it would not suffice to keep a copy on your computer.
+This loses a major benefit of file-sharing:
+To keep a version of a Web page available,
+it should suffice to keep a copy of it on your computer.
-We present an versioning mechanism usable
+In this paper, we present a simple versioning mechanism usable
for a P2P Web as well as for file-sharing
-and P2P-based software distribution.
+and P2P-based software distribution and upgrading.
Extending OceanStore's "heartbeats," we propose *pointer records*,
signed files containing a document's id,
@@ -84,8 +85,11 @@
and increase availability. However, if the Web worked like
a file-sharing system, Web pages could never be updated.
+XXX
+
.. Standing on the shoulders of giants: Example of Web links rotting away
+Keeping Web pages available is an important concern.
In 1997, NASA launched the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft
on a mission to Saturn. Before the launch, the mission
was widely criticized for its use of radioisotope
@@ -103,7 +107,9 @@
on the shoulders of giants;" but how can we do that today,
if the shoulders keep rotting away?
-XXX Wayback machine?
+(The Internet Archive's Waybac Machine [waybackmachine]_
+alleviates this concern, but it introduces
+a single point of failure for the *entire* Web!)
.. Links shouldn't break when documents move or
publishers lose interest
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst,
Benja Fallenstein <=
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/01