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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 04:46:11 -0500 |
CVSROOT: /cvsroot/gzz
Module name: manuscripts
Branch:
Changes by: Tuomas J. Lukka <address@hidden> 03/11/04 04:46:11
Modified files:
pointers : article.rst
Log message:
Abstract work
CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/pointers/article.rst.diff?tr1=1.119&tr2=1.120&r1=text&r2=text
Patches:
Index: manuscripts/pointers/article.rst
diff -u manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.119
manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.120
--- manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.119 Tue Nov 4 04:36:30 2003
+++ manuscripts/pointers/article.rst Tue Nov 4 04:46:11 2003
@@ -16,25 +16,29 @@
for updating documents, and those that do
require keeping track of the current version as extra state in the network.
-.. This loses a major benefit of filesharing:
- To keep a version of a Web page available,
- it should suffice to keep a copy of it on your computer.
-
-Extending OceanStore's "heartbeats," we propose *pointer records*,
+We propose *pointer records*,
signed files containing a document's id,
its current version's hash, and a timestamp.
-We can find available pointer records for a document
-through the same mechanism we use to find files by hash
-(for example, a DHT).
-To find the newest version, we look for the most recent timestamp.
+Instead of being handled specially by a P2P network,
+like OceanStore's "heartbeats," pointer records
+are stored on the network as ordinary files, allowing
+pointer records to be easily migrated between different P2P networks
+and archived on physical media without any problem in referencing them(XXX).
+The records
+are indexed in the same way as keywords or file names
+(e.g., DHT), and
+to find the newest version, we
+simply look for the pointer record with the most recent timestamp.
This way, past versions of a document
-stay available as long as anybody keeps a copy.
-Pointer records
-can serve as a common versioning model integrating
-separate P2P networks,
-and can be used
+remain accessible as long as anybody keeps a copy.
+Pointer records can be used
for a P2P Web as well as for filesharing,
and P2P-based software distribution and upgrading,
+
+
+.. This loses a major benefit of filesharing:
+ To keep a version of a Web page available,
+ it should suffice to keep a copy of it on your computer.
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, (continued)
[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/04
[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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[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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[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/04
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[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
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