[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst

[Tuomas J. Lukka]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/gzz
Module name:    manuscripts
Branch:         
Changes by:     Tuomas J. Lukka <address@hidden>        03/11/04 03:57:33

Modified files:
        pointers       : article.rst 

Log message:
        Clarifications; these need to be smoothed

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/pointers/article.rst.diff?tr1=1.114&tr2=1.115&r1=text&r2=text

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diff -u manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.114 
manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.115
--- manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.114      Tue Nov  4 03:34:30 2003
+++ manuscripts/pointers/article.rst    Tue Nov  4 03:57:33 2003
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 What's missing: Why isn't the Web running over P2P?
 ===================================================
 
+.. XXX Abstract has to mention static pages,
+   maybe that we discuss briefly how to extend this to 
+   dynamic pages, discussion forums &c
 
 Abstract
 ========
@@ -21,7 +24,6 @@
 and P2P-based software distribution and upgrading,
 and serve as a common versioning model integrating
 separate P2P networks.
-
 Extending OceanStore's "heartbeats," we propose *pointer records*, 
 signed files containing a document's id, 
 its current version's hash, and a timestamp.
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@
 This way, versions of a document 
 stay available as long as anybody keeps a copy.
 
+
+
 ..  raw:: latex
 
     \endabstract
@@ -306,6 +310,14 @@
 the functionality of current P2P filesharing systems
 as well as local storage.
 
+The Storm abstraction does not provide any new functionality;
+indeed, it does not provide all the features of advanced
+systems such as OceanStore or Freenet. 
+Rather, it is the *least requirements* 
+on which a pointer records -based
+P2P Web system may be built.
+
+
 .. [#] For STORage Module. Storm is also the name of our
    Free Software implementation, discussed in
    Section 5.
@@ -328,10 +340,14 @@
     by a particular P2P Web server, the data downloaded
     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
+    A pool provides the functionality to
     fetch a block by its global id; local (cache- or filesystem-like)
     pools also allow
-    blocks to be added and deleted.
+    blocks to be added, deleted and iterated over.
+    A user would generally have at least three local pools:
+    blocks I've created; blocks I've created and publish on the P2P Web;
+    blocks I've downloaded and cached from elsewhere that may also
+    be shared on the P2P Web.
 
 Reverse indices
     Reverse indices are application-specific plug-ins
@@ -538,8 +554,9 @@
 Acknowledgements
 ================
 
-We would like to thank Toni Alatalo, |Hermanni| and Matti Katila
-for comments and discussions.
+We would like to thank Toni Alatalo, |Hermanni|, 
+Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho (who also proposed the name Storm)
+and Matti Katila for comments and discussions.
 
 .. XXX who else