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Wojciech A. Myszka                         myszka_at_ldhpux.immt.pwr.wroc.pl
Technical University of Wroclaw, Institute of Material Science
and Technical Mechanics, Smoluchowskiego str. 25
50-370 Wroclaw, Poland, tel. (+48 71) 21-50-28, fax () 21-12-35
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From: warman_at_fuw.edu.pl
World-Wide Web (Kacper.Nowicki_at_fuw.edu.pl)
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Date: Fri, 21 Jan 94 15:29:32 +0100
From: Kacper.Nowicki_at_fuw.edu.pl
To: warman_at_fuw.edu.pl
Subject: World-Wide Web
Message-ID: <9401211429.AA27384_at_ccfs1.fuw.edu.pl>
Czy ogladaliscie juz World-Wide Web'a ?
Najlepiej w tym celu uzyc programu Mosaic (pod X Windows, MS Windows
lub na Mac'a) zciagnac go mozna z ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu /Mosaic, albo
jesli juz zupelnie nie macie okienek na Waszym komputerze, to
tekstowo, przy pomocy Lynx'a (ftp2.cc.ukans.edu /pub/lynx).
Zajrzyjcie potem do serwera na Wydziale Fizyki UW
http://info.fuw.edu.pl/welcome.html
Zbieramy wszelkie ciekawe/uzyteczne informacje ktore przez WWW daja
sie prezentowac. Szczegolnie brak nam aktualnych danych o Polsce do
Polish Home Page, nowosci z Warszawy etc.  Jezeli macie, to dajcie
znac :^)
Mosaic (a w przyszlosci rowniez Lynx) moze byc narzedziem do
przekazywania informacji po polsku (czyli z ogonkami), wciaz jednak
brakuje przyzwoitych fontow X'owych Latin-2. Czy ktos o takich nie
slyszal ?
Kacper
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Kacper Nowicki                           e-mail: kacper_at_fuw.edu.pl
Warsaw University                        =========================
Institute of Experimental Physics
Hoza 69, 00-681 Warszawa                 fax: (+48)(22) 294309
Poland                                        (+48) 39121805
From: "Ozimek Jaroslaw (CATS)" <duq1u490_at_CS.PAISLEY.AC.UK>
Subject:      WWW
   Dziekuje za pelna odpowiedz na temat WWW. W miedzyczasie,
przegladajac komputery pozwalajace na publiczne uzywanie gophera
znalazlem publicznego WWW. Komputer miesci sie w Michigan State
University i jest eksperymentalnym serwisem WWW.
   Adres: telnet gopher.msu.edu [35.8.2.61]
   jako haslo nalezy wpisac: web
   Podczas "plataniny w sieci" znalazlem tez efemeryde pod nazwa
web.msu.edu - podobno tez publiczny serwer www. Podobno, bo to
wszystko co udalo mi sie z tym zrobic.
   Nawet u mnie na Uniwersytecie, gdzie jest dosc szeroka bramka
do internetu, praca trwa dosc wolno. Praca z komputerow na PWr
bedzie chyba duzo bardziej meczaca - niestety mniejsza bramka.
   Co do ksiazki Ed Krola 'The Whole Intermet ...' - u mnie w szkole
jej nie ma, kolega z Caledonian University (Glasgow) mowil mi, ze jest
tam tylko jeden egz. i 7 chetnych w kolejce. Wypada chyba poszukac
innych ksiazek (pomocnym moze byc gopher ...). Dla majacych problemy
moge udostepnic moja kompilacje tytulow.
  Pozdrowienia z coraz zimniejszej Szkocji
  Jarek Ozimek
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Jaroslaw Ozimek                                                |
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University of Paisley, Scotland                                |
duq1u490_at_uk.ac.paisley.cs (within UK)                          |
duq1u490%cs.paisley.ac.uk_at_nsfnet-relay.ac.uk (Internet sites)  |
duq1u490%cs.paisley.ac.uk_at_earn-relay.ac.uk (Bitnet sites)      |
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Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland                        |
jozimek_at_amargosa.ict.pwr.wroc.pl                               |
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From: rzm_at_oso.chalmers.se (Rafal Maszkowski)
Adresy WWW w pl: www.uci.agh.edu.pl, www.fuw.edu.pl
R.
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Rafal Maszkowski rzm_at_oso.chalmers.se rzm_at_mat.uni.torun.pl <-finger for public
snail: Omgangen 464-82, 412-80 Goteborg, Sweden; tel: +46-31-7780831      key
Opinia publiczna powinna byc zaalarmowana swoim nieistnieniem   -  St. J. Lec
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		WorldWideWeb - Executive Summary
The WWW project merges the techniques of information retrieval and  
hypertext to make an easy but powerful global information system.
The project started with the philosophy that much academic  
information should be freely available to anyone. It aims to allow  
information sharing within internationally dispersed teams, and the  
dissemination of information by support groups.
     Reader view
The WWW world consists of documents, and links.  Indexes are special  
documents which, rather than being read, may be searched. The result  
of such a search is another ("virtual") document containing links to  
the documents found.  A simple protocol ("HTTP") is used to allow a  
browser program to request a keyword search by a remote information  
server. 
The web contains documents in many formats. Those documents which are  
hypertext,  (real or virtual) contain links to other documents, or  
places within documents. All documents, whether real, virtual or  
indexes, look similar to the reader and are contained within the same  
addressing scheme.
To follow a link,  a reader clicks with a mouse (or types in a number  
if he or she has no mouse). To search and index, a reader gives  
keywords (or other search criteria). These are the only operations   
necessary to access the entire world of data.
     Information provider view
The WWW browsers can access many existing data systems via existing  
protocols (FTP, NNTP) or via HTTP and a gateway. In this way, the  
critical mass of data is quickly exceeded, and the increasing use of  
the system by readers and information suppliers encourage each other.
Making a web is as simple as writing a few SGML files which point to  
your existing data. Making it public involves running the FTP or HTTP  
daemon, and making at least one link into your web from another. In  
fact,  any file available by anonymous FTP can be immediately linked  
into a web. The very small start-up effort is designed to allow small  
contributions.  At the other end of the scale, large information  
providers may provide an HTTP server with full text or keyword  
indexing.
The WWW model gets over the frustrating incompatibilities of data  
format between suppliers and reader by allowing negotiation of format  
between a smart browser and a smart server. This should provide a  
basis for extension into multimedia, and allow those who share  
application standards to make full use of them across the web.
This summary does not describe the many exciting possibilities opened  
up by the WWW project, such as efficient document caching. the  
reduction of redundant out-of-date copies, and the use of knowledge  
daemons.  There is more information in the online project  
documentation, including some background on hypertext and many  
technical notes. 
     Try it
A prototype (very alpha test) simple line mode browser is currently  
available in source form from node  info.cern.ch [currently  
128.141.201.74] as
	/pub/WWW/WWWLineMode_0.9.tar.Z.
Also available is a hypertext editor for the NeXT using the NeXTStep  
graphical user interface, and a skeleton server daemon.
Documentation is readable using www (Plain text of the instalation  
instructions is included in the tar file!). Document
         http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html
is as good a place to start as any. Note these coordinates may change  
with later releases.
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The following information was retrieved from CERN (the European Particle
Physics Laboratory) in Geneva, Switzerland.  This information was obtained
using the CERN Information Service of the World-Wide Web global information
initiative, additional information is available via telnet and anonymous FTP
at: info.cern.ch.
                                                                Summary -- /WWW
                            WORLDWIDEWEB - SUMMARY
   The WWW[1] project merges the techniques of information retrieval and
   hypertext to make an easy but powerful global information system.
   The project is based on the philosophy that much academic information should
   be freely available to anyone. It aims to allow information sharing within
   internationally dispersed teams, and the dissemination of information by
   support groups.  Originally aimed at the High Energy Physics community, it
   has spread to other areas and attracted much interest in user support,
   resource discovery and collaborative work areas.
  READER VIEW
   The WWW world consists of documents, and links.  Indexes are special
   documents which, rather than being read, may be searched. The result of such
   a search is another ("virtual") document containing links to the documents
   found.  A simple protocol (" HTTP[2] ") is used to allow a browser program
   to request a keyword search by a remote information server.
   The web contains documents in many formats. Those documents which are
1-8, Back, <RETURN> for more, Quit, or Help:
                                                        Summary -- /WWW (44/88)
   hypertext,  (real or virtual) contain links to other documents, or places
   within documents. All documents, whether real, virtual or indexes, look
   similar to the reader and are contained within the same addressing scheme.
   To follow a link,  a reader clicks with a mouse (or types in a number if he
   or she has no mouse). To search and index, a reader gives keywords (or other
   search criteria). These are the only operations  necessary to access the
   entire world of data.
  INFORMATION PROVIDER VIEW
   The WWW browsers can access many existing data systems via existing
   protocols (FTP, NNTP) or via HTTP and a gateway. In this way, the critical
   mass of data is quickly exceeded, and the increasing use of the system by
   readers and information suppliers encourage each other.
   Making a web is as simple as writing a few SGML[3] files which point to your
   existing data. Making it public involves running the FTP or HTTP daemon[4] ,
   and making at least one link into your web from another. In fact,  any file
   available by anonymous FTP can be immediately linked into a web. The very
   small start-up effort is designed to allow small contributions.  At the
   other end of the scale, large information providers may provide an HTTP
1-8, Back, Up, <RETURN> for more, Quit, or Help:
                                                        Summary -- /WWW (66/88)
   server with full text or keyword indexing. This may allow access to a large
   existing database without changing the way that database is managed. Such
   gateways have already been made into Digital's VMS/Help, Technical Univerity
   of Graz's "Hyper-G", and Thinking Machine's "W.A.I.S." systems.
   The WWW model gets over the frustrating incompatibilities of data format
   between suppliers and reader by allowing negotiation of format between a
   smart browser and a smart server. This should provide a basis for extension
   into multimedia, and allow those who share application standards to make
   full use of them across the web.
   This summary does not describe the many exciting possibilities opened up by
   the WWW project, such as efficient document caching. the reduction of
   redundant out-of-date copies, and the use of knowledge daemons. There is
   more information in the online project documentation, including some
   background on hypertext and many technical notes.
  TRY IT
   You can try the simple line mode browser[5]  by telnetting to info.cern.ch
   (no user or password. From UK JANET, use the Gateway[6]). You can also find
   out more about WWW in this way.  This is the least sophisticated browser --
1-8, Back, Up, <RETURN> for more, Quit, or Help:
                                                        Summary -- /WWW (88/88)
   remember that the window-oriented ones are much smarter!
   It is much more efficient to install a browser on your own machine. The line
   mode browser is currently available in source form by anonymous FTP from
   node  info.cern.ch [currently 128.141.201.74] as
                        /pub/www/src/WWWLineMode_v.vv.tar.Z.
   (v.vv is the version number - take the latest.)
   Also available is a hypertext editor[7] for the NeXT
   (WWWNeXTStepEditor_v.vv.tar.Z), the ViolaWWW browser for X11,  and a
   skeleton server daemon (WWWDaemon_v.vv.tar.Z).
   Documentation is readable using www. A plain text version of the
   installation instructions is included in the tar file!  Printable
   (postscript) documentation and articles are in /pub/www/doc
   _________________________________________________________________
                                                                      Tim BL[8]
                                                                        Read Me
                         WORLDWIDEWEB DISTRIBUTED CODE
   See the CERN copyright[1] .  This is the README file which you get when you
   unwrap one of our tar files. These files contain information about
   hypertext, hypertext systems, and the WorldWideWeb project. If you have
   taken this with a .tar file, you will have only a subset of the files.
Archive Directory structure
   Under /pub/www, besides this README file, you'll find bin, src and doc
   directories.  The main archives are as follows
  src/WWWLineMode_v.vv.tar.Z
                          The Line mode browser - all source, and binaries for
                         selected systems.
  WWWLineModeDefaults.tar.Z
                          A subset of WWWLineMode_v.vv.tar.Z. Basic
                         documentation, and our current home page.
  src/WWWNextStepEditor.tar.Z
                          The Hypertext Browser/editor for the NeXT -- source
                         and binary.
  src/WWWDaemon_v.vv.tar.Z
                          The HTTP daemon, and WWW-WAIS  gateway programs.
  doc/WWWBook.tar.Z       A snapshot of our internal documentation - we prefer
                         you to access this on line -- see warnings below.
  bin/xxx/www             Executable binaries for system xxx
Generated Directory structure
   The tar files are all designed to be unwrapped in the same (this) directory.
   They create different parts of a common directory tree under that directory.
   There may be some duplication. They also generate a few files in this
   directory: README.*, Copyright.*, and some installation instructions (.txt).
NeXTStep Browser/Editor
   The browser for the NeXT is those files contained in the application
   directory WWW/Next/Implementation/WorldWideWeb.app and is compiled.Whe you
   install the app, you may want to configure the default page,
   WorldWideWeb.app/default.html. These must point to some useful information!
   You should keep it up to date with pointers to info on your site and
   elsewhere. If you use the CERN home page note there is a link at the bottom
   to the master copy on our server.
Line Mode browser
   Binaries of this for some systems are in subdirectories of  /pub/www/bin. If
   the binary exists for your system, take that and also the
   /pub/www/WWWLineModeDefaults.tar.Z. Unwrap the documentation, and put (link)
   its directory into /usr/local/lib/WWW on your machine. Put the www
   executable into your path somewhere, and away you go.
   If no binary exists, procede as follows. Take the source tar file
   WWWLineMode_v.vv.tar.Z , uncompress and untar it. You will then find the
   line Mode browser in WWW/LineMode/Implementation/... (See Installation
   notes[2] )
   Subdirectories to that directory contain Makefiles for systems to which we
                                                              Read Me (122/121)
   If no binary exists, procede as follows. Take the source tar file
   WWWLineMode_v.vv.tar.Z , uncompress and untar it. You will then find the
   line Mode browser in WWW/LineMode/Implementation/... (See Installation
   notes[2] )
   Subdirectories to that directory contain Makefiles for systems to which we
   have already ported.  If your system is not among them, make a new
   subdirectory with the system name, and copy the Makefile from an existing
   one. Change the directory names as needed. PLEASE INFORM US OF THE CHANGES
   WHEN YOU HAVE DONE THE PORT. This is a condition of your use of this code,
   and will save others repeating your work, and save you repeating it in
   future releases.
   Whe you install the browsers, you may want to configure the default page.
   This is /usr/local/lib/WWW/default.html for the line mode browser. This must
   point to some useful information!  You should keep it up to date with
   pointers to info on your site and elsewhere. If you use the CERN home page
   note there is a link at the bottom to the master copy on our server.
   Some basic documentation on the browser is delivered with the home page in
   the directory WWW/LineMode/Defaults. A separate tar file of that directory
   (WWWLineModeDefaults.tar.Z) is available if you just want to update that.
   The rest of the documentation is in hypertext, and so wil be readable most
   easily with a browser. We suggest that after installing the browser, you
   browse through the basic documentation so that you are aware of the options
   and customisation possibilities for example.
Documentation
   The archive /pub/www/doc/WWWBook.tar.Z  is an extract of the text from the
   WorldWideWeb (WWW) project documentation.
   This is a snapshot of a changing hypertext system. The text is provided as
   example hypertext only, not for general distribution. The accuracy of any
   information is not guaranteed, and no responsibility will be accepted by the
   authors for any loss or damage due to inaccuracy or omission.  A copy of the
   documentation is inevitably out of date, and may be inconsistent. There are
   links to information which is not provided in that tar file.  If any of
   these facts cause a problem, you should access the original master data over
   the network using www, or mail us.
Servers
   The Daemon tar file contains (in this release) the code for the basic HTTP
   daemon for serving files, and also for the WWW-WAIS gateway. To compile the
   WAIS gateway, you will need [a link to] a WAIS distribution at the same
   level as the WWW directory.ads the web...
                                                                Tim Berners-Lee
                                                           WorldWideWeb project
                                              CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
 
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Contents
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 o 1. Recent changes to the FAQ 
 o 2. Information about this document 
 o 3. What are WWW, hypertext and hypermedia? 
 o 4. What is a URL? 
 o 5. How can I access the web? 
 o 5.1 Browsers accessable by telnet 
 o 5.2 Obtaining browsers 
 o 6. How can I provide information to the web? 
 o 7. How does WWW compare to gopher and WAIS? 
 o 8. What is on the web? 
 o 9. I want to know more. 
 o Z. Credits 
1. Recent changes to the FAQ
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These are most recent changes. 
 o html-mode.el mentioned 
 o disclaimer for crappy formatting 
2. Information about this document
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This is an introduction to the World-Wide Web project, describing
the concepts, software and access methods. It is aimed at people who
know a little about navigating the Internet, but want to know more
about WWW specifically. If you don't think you are up to this level,
try an introductory Internet book such as Ed Krol's "The Whole
Internet".
This informational document is posted to news.answers, 
comp.infosystems.gopher, comp.infosystems.wais and alt.hypertext on
the 1st and 15th of every month (please allow a day or two for it to
propagate to your site). The latest version is always available on the
web as http://www.vuw.ac.nz:80/non-local/gnat/www-faq.html (see
the section titled "What is a URL?" to understand what this means).
The most recently posted version of this document is kept on the 
news.answers archive on rtfm.mit.edu in 
/pub/usenet/news.answers/www-faq (the URL for this is 
file://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/www-faq). For
information on FTP, send e-mail to mail-server_at_rtfm.mit.edu with
"send usenet/news.answers/finding-sources" in the body, instead of
asking me.
Nathan Torkington maintains this document. Feedback about it is to
be sent via e-mail to Nathan.Torkington_at_vuw.ac.nz 
In all cases, regard this document as out of date. Definitive
information should be on the web, and static versions such as this
should be considered unreliable at best. Please excuse any formatting
inconsistencies in the posted version of this document, as it is
automatically generated from the on-line version.
3. What are WWW, hypertext and
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hypermedia?
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WWW stands for the "World Wide Web". The WWW project,
started and driven by CERN (the European Laboratory for Particle
Physics), seeks to build a distributed hypermedia system.
To access the web, you run a browser program. The browser reads
documents, and can fetch documents from other sources. Information
providers set up hypermedia servers which browsers can get
documents from.
The browsers can, in addition, access files by FTP, NNTP (the
Internet news protocol), gopher and an ever-increasing range of
other methods. On top of these, if the server has search capabilities,
the browsers will permit searches of documents and databases.
The documents that the browsers display are hypertext documents.
Hypertext is text with pointers to other text. The browsers let you
deal with the pointers in a transparent way -- select the pointer, and
you are presented with the text that is pointed to. 
Hypermedia is a superset of hypertext -- it is any medium with
pointers to other media. This means that browsers might not display
a text file, but might display images or sound or animations. 
4. What is a URL?
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URL stands for "Uniform Resource Locator". It is a draft standard
for specifying an object on the Internet, such as a file or newsgroup. 
URLs look like this:
 o file://wuarchive.wustl.edu/mirrors/msdos/graphics/gifkit.zip 
 o file://wuarchive.wustl.edu/mirrors 
 o http://info.cern.ch:80/default.html 
 o news:alt.hypertext 
 o telnet://dra.com 
The first part of the URL, before the colon, specifies the access
method. The part of the URL after the colon is interpreted specific to
the access method. In general, two slashes after the colon indicate a
machine name (machine:port is also valid). For more information,
see 
5. How can I access the web?
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You have two options -- either use a browser that can be telnetted
to, or use a browser on your machine. 
5.1 Browsers accessable by telnet
=================================
An up-to-date list of these is available on the Web as 
http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/FAQ/Bootstrap.html and should
be regarded as an authoritative list. 
info.cern.ch
   No password is required. This is in Switzerland, so continental
   US users might be better off using a closer browser. 
ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu
   A full screen browser "Lynx" which requires a vt100 terminal.
   Log in as www. 
www.njit.edu
   (or telnet 128.235.163.2) Log in as www. A full-screen browser
   in New Jersey Institute of Technology. USA. 
vms.huji.ac.il
   (IP address 128.139.4.3). A dual-language Hebrew/English
   database, with links to the rest of the world. The line mode
   browser, plus extra features. Log in as www. Hebrew
   University of Jerusalem, Israel. 
sun.uakom.cs
   Slovakia. Has a slow link, only use from nearby. 
info.funet.fi
   (or telnet 128.214.6.100) Not available when tested in
   O29-Oct-92. (FINLAND) 
5.2 Obtaining browsers
======================
The preferred method of access of the Web is to run a browser
yourself. Browsers are available for many platforms, both in source
and executable forms. Here is a list generated from the authoritative
list, http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/Clients.html ... 
Terminal based browsers
   Line Mode Browser
      This program gives W3 readership to anyone with a
      dumb terminal. A general purpose information
      retrieval tool. 
   "Lynx" full screen browser
      This is a hypertext browser for vt100s using full screen,
      arrow keys, highlighting, etc. 
   NJIT's Browser
      Assumes a character-grid terminal with cursor
      addressing, and provides a full-screen interface to the
      web. 
   Tom Fine's perlWWW
      A tty-bbased browser written in perl. 
Graphic User Interfaces
   XMosaic
      Browser using X11/Motif. Works well. This is the most
      polished browser. 
   Macintosh Browser
      Browser for the Macintosh. (Alpha.) 
   "Cello" PC/Windows client
      Browser for windows. (Not yet released) 
   "Erwise"
      Browser for X/Motif. (Unsupported). 
   "ViolaWWW" Browser for X11
      Browser for X11. (Beta, unsupported) 
   tkWWW Browser
      Browser for X11. (Beta). 
   MidasWWW Browser
      WWW browser for X/Motif. (Beta, works well.) 
   Browser-Editor on the NeXT
      A browser/editor for NeXTStep. Allows wysiwyg
      hypertext editing. Requires NeXTStep 3.0 
Unreleased
   Browser on CERNVM
      A full-screen browser for VM. Nonexistant. Use the
      line mode www. 
   Dave Ragget's Browser
      Unreleased. For X11, (later PC?) 
6. How can I provide information to
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the web
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Information providers run programs that the browsers can obtain
hypertext from. These programs can either be WWW servers that
understand the HyperText Transfer Protocol HTTP (best if you are
creating your information database from scratch), "gateway"
programs that convert an existing information format to hypertext,
or a non-HTTP server that WWW browsers can access --
anonymous FTP or gopher, for example.
If you only want to provide information to local users, placing your
information in local files is also an option. This means that there
would be no off-machine access.
CERN's server is available for anonymous FTP from info.cern.ch
and many other places. Use archie to search for "www" or "WWW"
to find copies close to you. NCSA have their own server, for FTP
from ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu.
See http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/Daemon/Overview.html for
more information on writing gateways and for servers in general. 
To produce HTML, you can either use an SGML editor with the 
HTML DTD (URL is
http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/MarkUp/DTDHeading.html), or
use EMACS and html-mode.el (URL is
ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Web/elisp/html-mode.el).
7. How does WWW compare to
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gopher and WAIS?
****************
While all three of these information presentation systems are
client-server based, they differ in terms of their model of data. In
gopher, data is either a menu, a document, an index or a telnet
connection. In WAIS, everything is an index and everything that is
returned from the index is a document. In WWW, everything is a
(possibly) hypertext document which may be searchable.
In practice, this means that WWW can represent the gopher (a menu
is a list of links, a gopher document is a hypertext document without
links, searches are the same, telnet sessions are the same) and WAIS
(a WAIS index is a searchable page, returning a document with no
links) data models as well as providing extra functionality.
The principal difference between the three systems, it turns out, is
deployment. WWW does not have as large a user base as gopher,
mainly because of the small number of WWW browsers that are out.
This is changing as WWW reaches critical mass (usage of the server
at CERN doubles every 4 months -- twice the rate of Internet
expansion).
8. What is on the web?
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Currently accessable through the web: 
 o anything served through gopher 
 o anything served through WAIS 
 o anything on an FTP site 
 o anything on Usenet 
 o anything accessable through telnet 
 o anything in hytelnet 
 o anything in hyper-g 
 o anything in techinfo 
 o anything in texinfo 
 o anything in the form of man pages 
 o sundry hypertext documents 
One of the few limitations of the current networked information
systems is that there is no simple way to find out what has changed,
what is new, or even what is out there. As a result, a definitive list of
the web's contents is impossible at this moment.
9. I want to know more
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To find out more, use the web. 
Credits
*******
 o Nathan Torkington 
 o marca_at_ncsa.uiuc.edu 
 o Tony Johnson 
 
--
Marek Wojcik <wojcik_at_dfki.uni-sb.de>

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