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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 15:39:07 -0500 |
CVSROOT: /cvsroot/gzz
Module name: manuscripts
Branch:
Changes by: Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden> 03/11/01 15:39:07
Modified files:
pointers : article.rst
Log message:
abstract shorter
CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/pointers/article.rst.diff?tr1=1.52&tr2=1.53&r1=text&r2=text
Patches:
Index: manuscripts/pointers/article.rst
diff -u manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.52
manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.53
--- manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.52 Sat Nov 1 15:35:00 2003
+++ manuscripts/pointers/article.rst Sat Nov 1 15:39:07 2003
@@ -53,15 +53,14 @@
Most current P2P systems have no facility
for updating documents. The systems that do
-(such as Freenet or OceanStore) require state in the network
+require state in the network
for remembering what the current version of a document is.
Thus, to keep a version of a Web page available,
-it does not suffice to keep a copy on your computer; additionally,
-the network has to remember the associated versioning information.
+it does not suffice to keep a copy on your computer.
-Extending OceanStore's *heartbeats*, we propose pointer records,
-small, digitally signed files containing the identifier of a document,
-a timestamp, and the hash of its current version.
+Extending OceanStore's "heartbeats," we propose *pointer records*,
+signed files containing a document's id,
+the hash of its current version, and a timestamp.
Pointer records, like other files, can be downloaded from any peer
that has a copy. We can find all available pointer records for a document
through the same mechanism we use to find files in the peer-to-peer network
@@ -70,8 +69,7 @@
This way, versions of a document
stay available as long as anybody keeps a copy.
-We also present an elegant and efficient system that
-keeps a full version history while storing only the
+We also present a simple model for storing only the
differences between versions.
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- [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, 2003/11/01
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- [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