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[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm short-paper.rst
From: |
Tuomas J. Lukka |
Subject: |
[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm short-paper.rst |
Date: |
Fri, 30 May 2003 13:02:36 -0400 |
CVSROOT: /cvsroot/gzz
Module name: manuscripts
Changes by: Tuomas J. Lukka <address@hidden> 03/05/30 13:02:36
Modified files:
storm : short-paper.rst
Log message:
reorg-to-shorten-intro
CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/storm/short-paper.rst.diff?tr1=1.27&tr2=1.28&r1=text&r2=text
Patches:
Index: manuscripts/storm/short-paper.rst
diff -u manuscripts/storm/short-paper.rst:1.27
manuscripts/storm/short-paper.rst:1.28
--- manuscripts/storm/short-paper.rst:1.27 Fri May 30 11:37:37 2003
+++ manuscripts/storm/short-paper.rst Fri May 30 13:02:36 2003
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
enough that users rarely if ever do it. A major reason is that
links break when documents are moved around or sent by mail.
- We propose Storm, a storage system for use both on the
+ We present Storm, a storage system for use both on the
desktop and the public network. Storm assigns each document
a permanent unique URI when it is created. Using peer-to-peer
technology, we can locate documents even though our URIs
@@ -57,26 +57,34 @@
which would make them part of the web:
While many Web pages are densely interlinked today,
-desktop documents still have any hypermedia
-functionality only rarely.
-Even though documents written with
-Microsoft Word or OpenOffice.org can nowadays be
-linked just like HTML files, users almost never
-seem to do so.
-
+hypermedia
+functionality is still only rarely used in desktop documents.
Hypermedia on the desktop would be useful for
keeping hyperlinked notes, for referring to
pieces of documents in discussion, or to
refer from a short memo to a document
with more in-depth information.
+Even though documents written with
+Microsoft Word or OpenOffice.org can nowadays be
+linked just like HTML files, users almost never
+seem to do so.
.. links needed that don't break when documents are moved:
+.. non-breaking links seem not globally resolvable:
+
A major obstacle to hypermedia
on the desktop is broken links. A user receiving
hyperlinked documents by email, for example, would have to reconstruct
the original directory structure; otherwise the links
will not work.
+Many hypermedia systems
+assume that identifiers either
+expose where a document can be found on the network, or they
+cannot be efficiently resolved on a global scale.
+Indeed, Berners-Lee [name-myth]_ argues that
+using unique and random-looking numbers to identify documents
+is not possible on a global scale.
.. Include to the paragraph above ?
"A major reason is that links break when documents are moved
@@ -115,16 +123,6 @@
However, finding a document on Freenet can be
quite slow, taking many seconds. This is not
acceptable for general Web publishing.
-
-.. non-breaking links seem not globally resolvable:
-
-Many hypermedia systems
-assume that identifiers either
-expose where a document can be found on the network, or they
-cannot be efficiently resolved on a global scale.
-For this reason, Berners-Lee [name-myth]_ argues that
-using unique and random-looking numbers to identify documents
-is not possible on a global scale.
.. but DHTs can do it:
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm short-paper.rst, (continued)
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm short-paper.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/05/30
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm short-paper.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/05/30
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm short-paper.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/05/30
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm short-paper.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/05/30
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm short-paper.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/05/30
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm short-paper.rst, Hermanni Hyytiälä, 2003/05/30
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm short-paper.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/05/30
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm short-paper.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/05/30
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm short-paper.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/05/30
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- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm short-paper.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/05/30
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- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm short-paper.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/05/30
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm short-paper.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/05/30
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