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[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst
From: |
Tuomas J. Lukka |
Subject: |
[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst |
Date: |
Tue, 04 Nov 2003 03:57:34 -0500 |
CVSROOT: /cvsroot/gzz
Module name: manuscripts
Branch:
Changes by: Tuomas J. Lukka <address@hidden> 03/11/04 03:57:33
Modified files:
pointers : article.rst
Log message:
Clarifications; these need to be smoothed
CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/pointers/article.rst.diff?tr1=1.114&tr2=1.115&r1=text&r2=text
Patches:
Index: manuscripts/pointers/article.rst
diff -u manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.114
manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.115
--- manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.114 Tue Nov 4 03:34:30 2003
+++ manuscripts/pointers/article.rst Tue Nov 4 03:57:33 2003
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
What's missing: Why isn't the Web running over P2P?
===================================================
+.. XXX Abstract has to mention static pages,
+ maybe that we discuss briefly how to extend this to
+ dynamic pages, discussion forums &c
Abstract
========
@@ -21,7 +24,6 @@
and P2P-based software distribution and upgrading,
and serve as a common versioning model integrating
separate P2P networks.
-
Extending OceanStore's "heartbeats," we propose *pointer records*,
signed files containing a document's id,
its current version's hash, and a timestamp.
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@
This way, versions of a document
stay available as long as anybody keeps a copy.
+
+
.. raw:: latex
\endabstract
@@ -306,6 +310,14 @@
the functionality of current P2P filesharing systems
as well as local storage.
+The Storm abstraction does not provide any new functionality;
+indeed, it does not provide all the features of advanced
+systems such as OceanStore or Freenet.
+Rather, it is the *least requirements*
+on which a pointer records -based
+P2P Web system may be built.
+
+
.. [#] For STORage Module. Storm is also the name of our
Free Software implementation, discussed in
Section 5.
@@ -328,10 +340,14 @@
by a particular P2P Web server, the data downloaded
by a client, the data in a client's cache, and all the
data published on the whole Web can all be seen as a pool.
- In an API, a pool provides the functionality to
+ A pool provides the functionality to
fetch a block by its global id; local (cache- or filesystem-like)
pools also allow
- blocks to be added and deleted.
+ blocks to be added, deleted and iterated over.
+ A user would generally have at least three local pools:
+ blocks I've created; blocks I've created and publish on the P2P Web;
+ blocks I've downloaded and cached from elsewhere that may also
+ be shared on the P2P Web.
Reverse indices
Reverse indices are application-specific plug-ins
@@ -538,8 +554,9 @@
Acknowledgements
================
-We would like to thank Toni Alatalo, |Hermanni| and Matti Katila
-for comments and discussions.
+We would like to thank Toni Alatalo, |Hermanni|,
+Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho (who also proposed the name Storm)
+and Matti Katila for comments and discussions.
.. XXX who else
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, (continued)
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/03
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/03
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/03
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/03
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/03
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/03
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/03
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/03
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/04
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/04
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