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- From: a-steiner@nwu.edu (Albert Steiner)
- Subject: Re: index for all of gopherspace
- Message-ID: <a-steiner-270792125230@steiner.acns.nwu.edu>
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- References: <1992Jul27.163746.974@nstn.ns.ca>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 17:50:26 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul27.163746.974@nstn.ns.ca>, daniel@nstn.ns.ca (Daniel
- MacKay) wrote:
- >
-
- > Then- we just run an index on the abstracts, and gopher managers can put a
- > search item onto their menus- something like "Gopherspace Resource Search"
- > that points to the central registry.
- >
- > Our hapless user picks it, and asks for "recipies" or "food" or "cooking"
- > and gets a pointer back to the resource- whereever it is. (who cares where
- > it is?)
- , Canada
- This is an idea I think is very important. I would like to see a way to
- encode an address in "about" entries for "important" directory levels.
- When the server selected an about entry with pointer, it would separate the
- entry and the pointer into two items returned to the client. The first
- item is the about, the second item is a directory entry to the actual
- location else where.
-
- This still leaves the problem of verifying that the index's are up to date.
- Perhaps they should be checked every week. The original directory checked
- again for its "about" file, the directory address added, and reposted in
- the directory of directories. In addition, new entries could be added by
- mailing the address of a new "interesting" directory to the "index master"
-
- Albert Steiner a-steiner@nwu.edu 708-491-4056
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