[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm short-paper.rst

[Benja Fallenstein]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/gzz
Module name:    manuscripts
Changes by:     Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden>      03/05/30 18:16:03

Modified files:
        storm          : short-paper.rst 

Log message:
        more twids; now only language left, I think

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/storm/short-paper.rst.diff?tr1=1.41&tr2=1.42&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: manuscripts/storm/short-paper.rst
diff -u manuscripts/storm/short-paper.rst:1.41 
manuscripts/storm/short-paper.rst:1.42
--- manuscripts/storm/short-paper.rst:1.41      Fri May 30 18:10:37 2003
+++ manuscripts/storm/short-paper.rst   Fri May 30 18:16:03 2003
@@ -185,12 +185,16 @@
 to build mutable documents on top of
 the lowest layer append-and-delete-only model.
 A pointer block is a Storm block which says
-"The identifier *X* points to the current version of
+"Block *X* is the current version of
 document *Y*, and this block overrides 
 the previous pointer blocks *a, b*" and contains
 a digital signature of the above information. The pointer *Y*
 contains the public key used for signatures --- this allows
 only the author of the document to validate new versions.
+Since a pointer block can override more than one older
+pointer block, this implements a nonlinear (branching)
+versioning model.
+
 A suitable user interface around pointers allows the user to
 still see old-style file names, but with the file names attached
 to his/her person, not to a particular computer.
@@ -215,7 +219,7 @@
 to use several different modes of networking, from simply copying
 blocks to using a full-fledged P2P system
 as a library --- as of now, we are already successfully transferring
-blocks between running storm servers 
+blocks between storm servers 
 using the GISP DHT [kato02gisp]_.