He mentioned that he could only save new docs to a host machine. He said he
could edit remotely but he gave few details. He discusses web editing on
several pages though.
Joe Whitesell
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Guzdial <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: [pws] Is EditThisPage a Wiki?
> I've heard this in interviews with Berners-Lee in the past. Did his
> model allow editing ANY page and creating NEW pages from the browser?
> How did he envision interaction with file protection schemes?
> I've also heard that WebDAV is based on Berners-Lee's original model.
>
> Mark
>
> >Hello:
> >Tim Berners-Lee is quite specific about the early history and motivation
re:
> >web editing in his book "Weaving the Web". There are many refs to web
> >editing since this was definitely part of his idea.
> >i.e.,page 29
> >"By mid-November [1990] I had a client program written--a point and click
> >browser/editor - which I just called World Wide Web. By December it was
> >working with the Hypertext Markup Language I had written...The browser
would
> >decode URIs, and let me read, write, or *edit* web pages in HTML. "
> >
> >At TBL's urging CERN put the whole technology in the public domain. My
> >guess is that he would be a formidable defender of the free exchange of
> >these ideas.
> >
> >Joe Whitesell
> >
> >` ``
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Mark Guzdial <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 9:42 AM
> >Subject: RE: [pws] Is EditThisPage a Wiki?
> >
> >
> > > So, I decided that one way to make sure that Dave Winer can't say
> > > that he didn't know about Prior Art is by making his site an
> > > advertisement for the prior art.
> > >
> > > Please visit http://thewikifrontier.editthispage.com/
> > >
> > > Let me know if you're a member of Userland, and I'll make sure to add
> > > you as a member who can edit the page. Let's please include links to
> > > as many kinds of Wikis (especially those older than Manila) as
> > > possible. (If you'd like to mail me with an addition, feel free, and
> > > I'll post it for you.)
> > >
> > > Please feel free to pass this URL around. Generating traffic for the
> > > site is a good way of making sure that it attracts Dave's attention.
> > >
> > > Mark
> > > --------------------------
> > > Mark Guzdial : Georgia Tech : College of Computing : Atlanta, GA
> >30332-0280
> > > (404) 894-5618 : Fax (404) 894-0673 : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/people/Faculty/Mark.Guzdial.html
>
> --------------------------
> Mark Guzdial : Georgia Tech : College of Computing : Atlanta, GA
30332-0280
> (404) 894-5618 : Fax (404) 894-0673 : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/people/Faculty/Mark.Guzdial.html
