[Gzz-commits] journals/plans SA_2003.rst

[Hermanni Hyytiälä]

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Changes by:     Hermanni Hyytiälä <address@hidden>      03/05/12 06:52:19

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 basis for hyperstructured media and Resource Description Framework (RDF) 
\cite{w3rdfurl}
 for representing internal data structures and their relationships.
 
-Currently we use distributed hash tables for searching data, but the use of 
-other methods are also studied. In addition, we plan to use globally unique, 
semantic-free 
-references for locating data in Peer-to-Peer environment.
-We believe that the properties of Peer-to-Peer 
-technology, such as the ad hoc connectivity and the lack of central authority, 
-are prerequisites while mobilizing the Fenfire system. 
+As a part of our research, we examine how location-independent identifiers can 
+support *data mobility*. For instance, documents are often transferred quite 
freely 
+between computers: they are sent as e-mail attachments, carried around on 
disks and 
+published on the web. We use 'data mobility' as a collective 
+term for the movement of documents between computers (or folders!),
+and movement of content between documents (through copy&paste).
 
-As a part of this research, we have developed a software library, Storm 
(STORage Module), 
-for storing and retrieving data as immutable byte sequences, which are 
identified by cryptographic
-content hashes. This allows for studying two important issues 
-*of data mobility*: dangling links and version management.
+To support data mobility, we have developed a software library, named as Storm 
+(STORage Module), for storing and retrieving data as immutable byte sequences, 
which 
+are identified by cryptographic content hashes. This allows for studying two 
important 
+issues *of data mobility*: dangling links and version management. We plan to 
use globally 
+unique, semantic-free references for locating data in Peer-to-Peer 
environment. We 
+believe that the properties of Peer-to-Peer technology, such as the ad hoc 
connectivity 
+and the lack of central authority, are prerequisites while mobilizing our 
system.
 
 
 Earlier research of the group