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[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst
From: |
Tuomas J. Lukka |
Subject: |
[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst |
Date: |
Mon, 10 Nov 2003 03:19:41 -0500 |
CVSROOT: /cvsroot/gzz
Module name: manuscripts
Branch:
Changes by: Tuomas J. Lukka <address@hidden> 03/11/10 03:19:40
Modified files:
pointers : article.rst
Log message:
Theses: what should a P2P web offer
CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/pointers/article.rst.diff?tr1=1.180&tr2=1.181&r1=text&r2=text
Patches:
Index: manuscripts/pointers/article.rst
diff -u manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.180
manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.181
--- manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.180 Mon Nov 10 02:56:45 2003
+++ manuscripts/pointers/article.rst Mon Nov 10 03:19:40 2003
@@ -128,18 +128,28 @@
.. XXX Mention "Name-based not possible as a suitable system
for names doesn't exist?"
-There are some non-filesharing P2P systems
-that do offer an update mechanism. However, none of these
-provides all the benefits of a filesharing system:
+We hold that to succeed, a P2P Web would need to provide
+the following features for users:
-- Being able to download version(s) and use off-line
-- Being able to use neighbour's computer's cache
- if your LAN is disconnected
-- Being able to keep version online for as long as you want
-- Being able to use different networks: a) withstand
- exploit of single network; b) one size doesn't fit all
- (e.g. anonymity, efficiency); c) more people can use this
- (network effect)
+Off-line capability
+ The ability to
+ download version(s) and use them off-line without
+ a change in the user interface or functionality,
+ and to use a neighbouring computer's cache
+ if the LAN is disconnected from the internet
+Heterogeneity
+ The possibility to
+ use different P2P networks interchangeably
+ to
+ a) withstand
+ exploits of single network; b) one size doesn't fit all
+ (e.g. anonymity, efficiency); c) more people can use this
+ (network effect)
+Distributed archivability
+ The ability to
+ keep a version originally published by
+ someone else online, *accessible to others*,
+ for any period of time
.. To keep a version
of a page online, it does not suffice for one user
@@ -157,6 +167,10 @@
and stops publishing a page, it disappears, even if
someone else has kept a copy.
+There are some non-filesharing P2P systems
+that do offer an update mechanism. However, none of these
+provides all the above benefits of a filesharing system:
+
...
Permanence is an important concern, as seen by the following example.
@@ -245,7 +259,7 @@
============
In this section, we shall briefly discuss the existing approaches
-to document updates in P2P systems.
+to versioning in P2P systems.
A trivial approach to P2P versioning
is to have a centralized server keep track of the current version
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, (continued)
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/06
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/06
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/06
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/06
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/06
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/08
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/09
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/09
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/09
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst,
Tuomas J. Lukka <=
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Tuomas J. Lukka, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10
- [Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst, Benja Fallenstein, 2003/11/10