[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 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

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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.