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# Line 20  This, we believe, is the most important Line 20  This, we believe, is the most important
20  regard to hypermedia.  regard to hypermedia.
21  [/maybe]  [/maybe]
22    
 In today's computing world, documents move quite freely between computers, being  
 sent as e-mail attachments, carried around on disks,  
 published on the web, moved between desktop and laptop systems,  
 downloaded for off-line reading or copied between computers in a LAN.  
 Often, the same document will be independently modified  
 on two unconnected systems. We describe  
 the partially implemented Storm design,  
 a storage system designed to cope with two problems  
 raised by moving documents: Dangling links [refs stating problem],  
 and keeping track of alternative versions [refs stating problem].  
   
23  On the Web, documents are tightly bound to one location: they  On the Web, documents are tightly bound to one location: they
24  cannot be moved to a different server without breaking links to them[#]_.  cannot be moved to a different server without breaking links to them[#]_.
25  It is the norm for hypermedia systems to bind documents to hosts,  It is the norm for hypermedia systems to bind documents to hosts,
# Line 56  required permanent connection to a netwo Line 45  required permanent connection to a netwo
45  and, at least in its 1988 incarnation [ref Green] addressed data  and, at least in its 1988 incarnation [ref Green] addressed data
46  based on the address of a server holding a 'master copy.'  based on the address of a server holding a 'master copy.'
47    
48    However, in today's computing world, documents move quite freely between computers, being
49    sent as e-mail attachments, carried around on disks,
50    published on the web, moved between desktop and laptop systems,
51    downloaded for off-line reading or copied between computers in a LAN.
52    Often, the same document will be independently modified
53    on two unconnected systems.
54    
55    
56    
57  [Note: The following are my notes for what should be written,  [Note: The following are my notes for what should be written,
# Line 126  We are currently in prototype stage, whi Line 122  We are currently in prototype stage, whi
122  We present Storm (for *storage module*), a design which addresses the issues  We present Storm (for *storage module*), a design which addresses the issues
123  we have described.  we have described.
124    
125    ->
126    We describe
127    the partially implemented Storm design,
128    a storage system designed to cope with two problems
129    raised by moving documents: Dangling links [refs stating problem],
130    and keeping track of alternative versions [refs stating problem].
131    
132    
133  The main contributions of this paper are...  The main contributions of this paper are...
134    
135  ->  ->

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