[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/storm short-paper.rst

[Hermanni Hyytiälä]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/gzz
Module name:    manuscripts
Changes by:     Hermanni Hyytiälä <address@hidden>      03/05/30 10:03:05

Modified files:
        storm          : short-paper.rst 

Log message:
        twid

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/storm/short-paper.rst.diff?tr1=1.23&tr2=1.24&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: manuscripts/storm/short-paper.rst
diff -u manuscripts/storm/short-paper.rst:1.23 
manuscripts/storm/short-paper.rst:1.24
--- manuscripts/storm/short-paper.rst:1.23      Fri May 30 10:01:11 2003
+++ manuscripts/storm/short-paper.rst   Fri May 30 10:03:05 2003
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 of their location, it would be possible to make
 non-breaking links to them: When a document is published
 on the Web, it would have the same URI as on the
-author's desktop; when a link to a document is emailed,
+author's local desktop; when a link to a document is emailed,
 the receiver could follow the link as long as their
 software can locate the linked document-- on its local
 harddisk, attached to another email, or on the
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 are used to identify versions of documents. Hashes
 are short (often 20 bytes), yet it is practically impossible
 that two different documents will ever have the same hash,
-making them ideal identifiers on the Web.
+making them ideal unique identifiers on the Web.
 
 .. Hashes allow reference to a single version of a
    document. Documents are refered to by public keys [XXX].
@@ -119,11 +119,11 @@
 .. non-breaking links seem not globally resolvable:
 
 Many hypermedia systems
-assume that identifiers either have to
-say where a document can be found on the network, or they
+assume that identifiers either
+expose where a document can be found on the network, or they
 cannot be efficiently resolved on a global scale.
-Berners-Lee [name-myth]_ argues that for this reason,
-using unique, random-looking numbers to identify documents
+For this reason, Berners-Lee [name-myth]_ argues that
+using unique and random-looking numbers to identify documents
 is not possible on a global scale.
 
 .. but DHTs can do it:
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
 
 .. web interface for searching etc.
 
-The HTTP gateway also provides a Web interface
+Additionally, the HTTP gateway provides a Web interface
 to Storm, giving the user a list of all documents
 stored on their local hard disk, and allowing them
 to conduct searches over the titles of all documents