AFS and the Web: Competitors or Collaborators?

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Abstract:

The World-Wide Web and AFS represent two different approaches to the problem of large-scale information sharing. The goal of this paper is to critically compare these two mechanisms and to expose their relative strengths and weaknesses. Our comparison shows that the Web and AFS are not really competing technologies. Rather, they represent complementary technologies that may be used together for mutual advantage. We present real-life examples to confirm that this potential can indeed be realized in practice.

Author(s):
Satyanarayanan, M. ; Spasojevic, Mirjana
Author Organization(s):
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
Pagination:
0008

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
CMU-CS-96-153
Contract/Grant Number(s):
F19682-93-C-0193
Monitor Series:
AFMC
 Subject Terms
Communities of Interest:
No COI(s) Identified
Descriptor(s):
*INFORMATION EXCHANGE, *INTERNET, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, DATA MANAGEMENT, DISTRIBUTED DATA PROCESSING, DATA PROCESSING SECURITY, COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS TRAFFIC, COMPUTER GRAPHICS, OPERATING SYSTEMS(COMPUTERS), SYSTEMS ANALYSIS, COMPUTER FILES, DATA LINKS, HYPERTEXT
Field(s)/Group(s):
Computer Systems
Keyword(s):
WWW(WORLD WIDE WEB), API(APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE), CLIENT SERVER TECHNOLOGY, GUI(GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE), UNIX OPERATING SYSTEM
Report Date:
1996 Jul 01
Creation Date:
1996 Oct 09