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[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst
From: |
Benja Fallenstein |
Subject: |
[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst |
Date: |
Thu, 06 Nov 2003 01:41:47 -0500 |
CVSROOT: /cvsroot/gzz
Module name: manuscripts
Branch:
Changes by: Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden> 03/11/06 01:41:47
Modified files:
pointers : article.rst
Log message:
s/Web page/web page/
CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/pointers/article.rst.diff?tr1=1.136&tr2=1.137&r1=text&r2=text
Patches:
Index: manuscripts/pointers/article.rst
diff -u manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.136
manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.137
--- manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.136 Thu Nov 6 01:40:05 2003
+++ manuscripts/pointers/article.rst Thu Nov 6 01:41:47 2003
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@
.. XXX Abstract is too long ;)
-.. XXX Decide on spelling Web page / web page / webpage
- OED says the second one; I'd prefer the third;
- there are several instances of the first here...
+.. XXX Decide on spelling web page / webpage
+ OED says the first; Tuomas would prefer the second.
Abstract
========
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@
.. This loses a major benefit of filesharing:
- To keep a version of a Web page available,
+ To keep a version of a web page available,
it should suffice to keep a copy of it on your computer.
.. Instead of being handled specially by a P2P network,
@@ -73,15 +72,15 @@
benefits from hash-based addressing)---
If the Web worked like a filesharing system, there would be
-no central point of failure for a Web page; it could be downloaded
+no central point of failure for a web page; it could be downloaded
from any host that has a copy. This would save bandwidth
and increase availability. However, if the Web worked like
-a filesharing system, Web pages could not be updated.
+a filesharing system, web pages could not be updated.
Some filesharing systems offer permanent URIs for files
(e.g., [freenet-ieee-andalso-edonkey2kurl]_),
based on the files' cryptographic hashes,
which could be used for linking; but
-a new version of a Web page would have a different hash,
+a new version of a web page would have a different hash,
and thus a different URI. [#update]_
.. [#update] When updating a page, it would be clearly
@@ -449,7 +448,7 @@
.. XXX heterogeneous *how*?
Using pointer records, we can provide the functionality
-of static Web pages. While dynamic Web pages generated
+of static web pages. While dynamic web pages generated
through server-side scripting and database connections
are certainly important, this still makes up for
a significant portion of today's Web.
@@ -552,7 +551,7 @@
created by pointer records.
Through a simple reverse index, it was also easy to implement
a "backlinks" functionality, which tells the user which
-pages link *to* a given Web page.
+pages link *to* a given web page.
When run on the local machine,
documents owned by the machine's owner can also be
edited through simple WebDAV clients.
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, (continued)
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/05
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/05
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/05
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/05
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/05
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/05
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/05
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/05
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/05
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/06
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst,
Benja Fallenstein <=
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/06
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/06
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/06
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/06
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/06
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/06
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/06
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/06
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/06
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/06