On 04/30/2015 12:54 PM, Dave Cridland wrote:
On 30 April 2015 at 11:23, Goffi <go...@goffi.org> wrote:
[...]
- federated: the ability from servers of different domains (
example.net and capulet.lit) to talk together, in both directions.
Yes, or more generally, the ability for multiple disparate administrative
domains to intercommunicate on an equal basis.
"administrative" is really the good word here.
[...] Actualy it's a bit tricky, because if one entity has 1000
servers but everybody is using the same domain, the data are centralised in
the hands of the same entity.
This entity looks decentralised if you count the servers and look at
their geographical repartition. But since they are controlling them all,
it's the same administrative authority. So I guess "administrative"
should be the word again :)
So, what meaning do you put behind these words ? Are decentralisation and
federation more or less synonyms ?
That's what I understand, even if decentralisation - as it's been said
by Dave - can be more general. For the academic definitions, it's a mess
according to [1].
I noticed that federation is not used on [2] but instead:
"Decentralized — the architecture of the XMPP network is similar to
email; as a result, anyone can run their own XMPP server, enabling
individuals and organizations to take control of their communications
experience."
So... am I XSF-compliant if I use the terms like that:
- centralisation: single administrative authority (it's like a kingdom).
- decentralisation or federation: many administrative authorities
(states federation).
- interdomain federation: a special case of the decentralisation that
makes it possible for any entity to become a new administrative
authority (very open federation).
- distribution: peer2peer (direct democraty)
??
[1]
http://networkcultures.org/unlikeus/resources/articles/what-is-a-federated-network/
[2] http://xmpp.org/about-xmpp/technology-overview/
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Adrien
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