[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst

[Benja Fallenstein]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/gzz
Module name:    manuscripts
Branch:         
Changes by:     Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden>      03/11/10 10:45:25

Modified files:
        pointers       : article.rst 

Log message:
        address janne's comments, add rauli to acks (I recall working with him 
on Storm issues). now a bit too long

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/pointers/article.rst.diff?tr1=1.224&tr2=1.225&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: manuscripts/pointers/article.rst
diff -u manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.224 
manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.225
--- manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.224      Mon Nov 10 07:49:56 2003
+++ manuscripts/pointers/article.rst    Mon Nov 10 10:45:25 2003
@@ -416,8 +416,7 @@
 created by different users, this would be the two merged versions.
 The resulting directed acyclic graph can be used to detect
 situations where a document has been concurrently edited
-on two different machines, requiring a merge.
-(This approach was introduced in [fallenstein03storm]_.)
+on two different machines, requiring a merge [fallenstein03storm]_.
 
 Because they require no centralized version management,
 pointer records may be able to unify the namespaces
@@ -467,7 +466,9 @@
     containing a) a cryptographic hash of the block's content
     and b) a MIME content type. (The MIME type is the minimal amount
     of metadata necessary in addition to the content 
-    for showing a block in a Web browser.)
+    for showing a block in a Web browser.
+    Note that the metadata is stored *in the identifier*;
+    it is not part of the hashed data.)
 
 Reverse indices
     Reverse indices are application-specific plug-ins
@@ -646,7 +647,7 @@
 We have presented *pointer records*, a novel method
 for implementing revision control in a peer-to-peer
 environment, which is simple, does not require
-the network to store any versioning-related information,
+the overlay network to store any versioning-related information,
 can easily be used by several different types
 of P2P networks, and allows versions of documents
 to be found as long as any host on the network
@@ -710,7 +711,8 @@
 
 We would like to thank Toni Alatalo, |Hermanni|, 
 Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho (who also proposed the name Storm),
-Matti Katila, Janne Kujala and Sarah Stehlig for comments and discussions.
+Matti Katila, Janne Kujala, Rauli Ruohonen
+and Sarah Stehlig for comments and discussions.
 
 .. XXX who else