[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst

[Benja Fallenstein]

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Module name:    manuscripts
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Changes by:     Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden>      03/11/10 05:39:50

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        pointers       : article.rst 

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        twid abstract-- better now

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--- manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.209      Mon Nov 10 05:31:51 2003
+++ manuscripts/pointers/article.rst    Mon Nov 10 05:39:49 2003
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
 The Web could benefit greatly from the bandwith savings,
 increased availability, and reduced server costs offered
 by filesharing systems.
-However, current update mechanisms for P2P networks do not
-offer the simplicity of filesharing systems, as versioning
+However, current update mechanisms for P2P networks do not have
+the simplicity of filesharing, as versioning
 information has to be kept as special internal state in the network.
 
 
@@ -66,12 +66,13 @@
 which can be shared and sought for
 through the network as ordinary files.
 Similar to
-OceanStore's heartbeats, they are signed files containing a document's id, 
+OceanStore's heartbeats, they are signed messages containing a document's id, 
 its current version's hash, and a timestamp.
 We also present the Storm data model, 
 a simple API for hash-based storage systems, such as P2P networks.
-Using pointer records layered on the Storm data model, 
-all versions of a document, stored on any host in any P2P network,
+Using pointer records layered on top of the Storm data model, 
+all versions of a document, stored on any host 
+in any participating P2P network,
 can be found using the same URI. 
 
 .. Past versions of a web page 
@@ -82,8 +83,8 @@
 
 We discuss our preliminary implementation
 of pointer records
-and the Storm data model as well as a possible
-application in software updating.
+and the Storm data model as well as possible
+applications, including a P2P Web.
 
 
 ..  This loses a major benefit of filesharing: