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revision 1.32 by tjl, Fri May 30 17:53:05 2003 UTC revision 1.33 by tjl, Fri May 30 17:56:11 2003 UTC
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7    ..  Linking personal documents like we link Web pages is inconvenient
8        enough that users rarely if ever do it. A major reason is that
9        links break when documents are moved around or sent by mail.
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14      \begin{abstract}      \begin{abstract}
15      Linking personal documents like we link Web pages is inconvenient      We present Storm, a storage system which unifies the
     enough that users rarely if ever do it. A major reason is that  
     links break when documents are moved around or sent by mail.  
         
     We present Storm, a storage system for use both on the  
16      desktop and the public network. Storm assigns each document      desktop and the public network. Storm assigns each document
17      a permanent unique URI when it is created. Using peer-to-peer      a permanent unique URI when it is created. Using peer-to-peer
18      technology, we can locate documents even though our URIs      technology, we can locate documents even though our URIs
19      do not include location information.      do not include location information.
20      Thus, links continue to work unchanged when documents are emailed      Links continue to work unchanged when documents are emailed
21      or published on the network.      or published on the network.
   
22      We have extended KDE to understand      We have extended KDE to understand
23      Storm URIs. Other systems such as GNU Emacs are able to use Storm      Storm URIs. Other systems such as GNU Emacs are able to use Storm
24      through an HTTP gateway.      through an HTTP gateway.

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