Re: Apache Server as a collaborative writable web tool
From: Adwait Mulgund (mumbhai_25@123india.com)
Tue, 3 Apr 2001 08:06:15 -0500 (CDT)
Hi,
I am doing a research on Tim-Berns Lee. Can you please send me some
URLs where I can find info about him.
Adwait-
At Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Bruce Speyer wrote:
>
>Dear Technology Aficionados,
>
>I am resending an interesting announcement I received today announcing that
>the Apache web server (which is the most used of all web servers in the
>world) now includes a WebDAV module for collaborative writing on the
>web. If you go back to Tim Berns Lee formerly of CERN who invented the web
>almost 10 years ago he always intended it to be for collaborative reading
>and writing and not just for reading as it has mostly evolved so
>far. WebDAV is an open source and standard effort to return to that
>vision. Given the impact of the web just in distributing information the
>possibilities of a web that also collects and supports information
>collaboration is staggering.
>
>This is a first of many messages on the newly revised technology forum. We
>are within hours of announcing a revamped technology section on OBGYN.net
>led by Dr. Ed Zabrek with the able assistance of Dr. Eberhard Lisse and
>others. We hope you like it!
>
>Bruce
>
> >
> >Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 06:33:30 -0700
> >From: Greg Stein <gstein@lyra.org>
> >To: dav-announce@lyra.org, announce@apache.org
> >Subject: mod_dav 1.0 has been released!
>
>For Immediate Release
>Contacts:
>Sally Khudairi and Roderic Olvera Young
>ZOT Group
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>
>MOD_DAV TURNING THE WEB INTO A WRITABLE MEDIUM
>Apache Now Supporting Open-Source WebDAV module and the Writable Web
>
>http://www.webdav.org/ - 13 June 2000 - webdav.org (Web-based Distributed
>Authoring and Versioning) and the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) today
>introduced an add-on to the Apache HTTP Server that will provide its 9
>million users unprecedented control of information on the Web. With the
>release of the mod_dav module, authored by one of the ASF's volunteer
>contributors, the world's number one Web server gains new power.
>mod_dav adds WebDAV capabilities to the Apache HTTP Server, an open-source
>software product. With this addition, the ASF ensures its users will have
>the most secure, efficient, and extensible server available.
>
>"The introduction of mod_dav version 1.0 is a significant step toward the
>WebDAV vision of a collaborative, writable Web. Today, Web browsing is
>primarily done in a read-only manner. This was not the original
>conception of the Web in early 1990, which could both read and write in the
>editor/browser. By providing a full-featured, standards-compliant,
>open-source implementation of the WebDAV protocol, I am hopeful many more
>communities will be able to use it and reap the benefits of remote
>collaboration," said Greg Stein, author of mod_dav version 1.0.
>
>For the first time on the Web, Apache Server users can control information
>remotely and collaboratively, using interoperable tools that employ metadata
>and version control. The loosely knit members of the ASF are again break new
>ground by adopting the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
>WebDAV standard.
>
>"Greg Stein has shown real leadership developing WebDAV for Apache, as well
>as organizing the entire WebDAV development community. My guardian angel
>was definitely looking out for me the day Greg got involved with WebDAV,"
>said Jim Whitehead, Chair, IETF Working Group on WebDAV.
>
>Companies such as IBM, Rational Software, MyDocsOnline.com, and SuSE, use
>mod_dav in their products and services. Adobe's GoLive and
>Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5 and Office 2000 also use WebDAV as part of
>their operations and integrate seamlessly with mod_dav. The open-source
>community has embraced WebDAV as well, as evidenced by the Sitecopy and
>Goliath products, and the Nautilus file viewer for the GNOME project.
>The ASF, a large force behind the open-source movement, has taken a leadership
>role by encouraging progressive software companies to incorporate the new,
>free mod_dav add-on and offer their customers an easier way to work on the
>Web. In addition, the next major version of the server, Apache 2.0, will
>include mod_dav, providing built-in WebDAV capabilities to Apache users.
>
>"The evolution of WebDAV has been exciting to watch. Now Apache's 9 million
>users worldwide can gain the benefit of managing files on a Web site,
>querying the properties of the files, editing resources on the Web server
>without downloading them first, and setting access permissions on files and
>lock files during editing," said Brian Behlendorf, co-founder of the ASF and
>CTO for Collab.Net.
>
>"We have reached an important milestone in the progress of the Web from
>being a read-only tool to reaching its true goal: making Internet
>collaboration as easy as using a hypertext browser. The addition of mod_dav
>to Apache will make it possible for Internet Service Providers, both large
>and small, to give their customers complete write access to their own
>personal and project web sites without requiring the use of vendor-specific
>tools or complex file-transfer mechanisms," said Roy Fielding, chief
>scientist at eBuilt, Inc., and co-author of the HTTP standards.
>
>"WebDAV is another soon-to-be crucial piece of the Internet and Web
>technology which has been driven by need," remarked Ken Coar, ASF director
>and IBM senior engineer. "As the WebDAV protocols are developed by the
>groups in the Internet Engineering Task Force, their implementation by
>mod_dav for Apache actually brings it to the arena where it can be tested
>and used in live production environments. This can only lead to the
>improvement and refinement of WebDAV -- and, not incidentally, the Apache
>Web server. In a word, 'cool!'"
>
>Key technology and industry players support and praise mod_dav and WebDAV:
>"IBM is pleased to continue its contribution to open-source software and Web
>standards. mod_dav will be incorporated into a forthcoming release of IBM's
>Websphere Application Server, which includes IBM's Apache derivative Web
>server (IBM HTTP Server). We believe inclusion of mod_dav into our Websphere
>products will bring great benefit to our customers."
>-- Bill Stoddard, Manager IBM's Apache HTTP Server development team and
>ASF member
>
>"GoLive 5.0 demonstrates Adobe's initiative with one of the first client
>implementations of the new writable HTTP protocol, WebDAV. Support in
>GoLive 5.0 for the versioning and synchronization capabilities of the open
>WebDAV standard creates new possibilities for collaborating on Website
>development. We are committed to enabling the most powerful workgroup
>solutions for the creation and management of complex Web sites, and WebDAV
>is a key component for next generation Web tools."
>-- Michael Hopwood, Director of Product Management, Adobe
>
>"The ASF's implementation of the WebDAV protocol is an exciting step towards
>the general industry adoption of the standard. WebDAV will allow software
>development teams to collaborate seamlessly and securely across geographic
>boundaries. Rational is proud to be a contributor to the creation of WebDAV,
>and will continue to participate in its advancement in an effort to provide
>the development community with consistent best practices across disciplines."
>-- Geoff Clemm, Chief Engineer, Rational Software and Co-author of
>the WebDAV versioning protocol
>
>The add-on mod_dav module for the Apache HTTP Server is available at
>http://www.webdav.org/mod_dav/
>
>ABOUT THE APACHE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION [ASF]
>The Apache Software Foundation provides organizational, legal, and financial
>support for the Apache open-source software projects. Formerly known as the
>Apache Group, the Foundation incorporated as a membership-based,
>not-for-profit corporation to ensure that the Apache projects continue to
>exist beyond the participation of individual volunteers, to enable
>contributions of intellectual property and financial support, and to provide
>a vehicle for limiting legal exposure while participating in open-source
>projects. For more information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see
>http://www.apache.org/
>
>ABOUT WEB-BASED DISTRIBUTED AUTHORING AND VERSIONING [WebDAV]
>With the goal of realizing the original vision of the World Wide Web as a
>readable and writable collaborative medium, initial work on WebDAV began in
>1995 as an ad-hoc meeting of developers interested in leveraging the reach
>of the Internet for remote authoring. Their efforts helped form the Internet
>Engineering Task Force (IETF) WebDAV Working Group, chartered to address key
>issues encountered with Web remote authoring tools and develop standard
>extensions to the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) to enable users to
>collaboratively edit and manage files on remote Web servers. The group's
>collective efforts lasted more than two years and resulted in the WebDAV
>standard, along with a series of WebDAV-related specifications, including
>DASL and Delta-V. Developments of the working group are available at
>http://www.webdav.org/, the definitive source for information on WebDAV.
>
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