[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst

[Tuomas J. Lukka]

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Changes by:     Tuomas J. Lukka <address@hidden>        03/11/04 03:30:48

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        pointers       : article.rst 

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diff -u manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.112 
manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.113
--- manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.112      Mon Nov  3 20:11:33 2003
+++ manuscripts/pointers/article.rst    Tue Nov  4 03:30:48 2003
@@ -297,22 +297,23 @@
        searching different networks for versions
 
 
-Primitive block storage abstraction
-===================================
+The Storm data model: an abstraction of primitive block storage 
+===============================================================
 
-In this section, we introduce the Storm [#]_ model, 
-a simple but powerful data model that can represent
+In this section, we introduce the Storm [#]_ data model, 
+a simple but powerful abstraction that can represent
 all data on the P2P Web and that maps well to
-the functionality of current P2P filesharing systems.
+the functionality of current P2P filesharing systems
+as well as local storage.
 
-.. [#] For STORage Module. Storm is the name of our
+.. [#] For STORage Module. Storm is also the name of our
    Free Software implementation, discussed in
    Section 5.
 
 .. XXX NOTE: if we move any sections around, update
    the above section number!
 
-The Storm model is comprised of the following components:
+The Storm data model is comprised of the following components:
 
 Blocks, identified by hash
     All data is stored in *blocks*, which are file-like,
@@ -328,8 +329,9 @@
     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
-    fetch a block by its global id; local pools also allow
-    new blocks to be added.
+    fetch a block by its global id; local (cache- or filesystem-like)
+    pools also allow
+    blocks to be added and deleted.
 
 Reverse indices
     Reverse indices are application-specific plug-ins