I think it would be useful to separate the discussion/use-cases of creating/using "serial numbers" that are unique inside a wiki, to creating/using "serial numbers" that are provably unique **on the entire internet for all time**.
Just because its relevant here, ill copy/paste what I said in this other thread <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/tiddlywiki/%22what$20i$20type%22%7Csort:date/tiddlywiki/pVqcVuNaTbA/CYePPL9ACAAJ> : In my mind, linking is one of the two major pillars of TW > (searching/filtering being the other - why I think a lot and comment a lot > about search). If I want to link to something there are three issues of > concern: > > 1. what I want to type > > > - Aliases are magical here! A tiddler with "long title of method" can > save me many keystrokes (and potential typos!) if I just type the name of > the alias. > > > - Critically, this is decoupled from where I want the *link to go*, > and what I want it to *render as*. I don't ever want to type "a very > long title", or if the core also supports uniqueIDs, I don't want to type > timestamps. > > > - Something that I think should be incorporated into the core (!!!!) > (or at least with uni-link) is the Edit-Comptext dropdown plugin > <https://snowgoon88.github.io/TW5-extendedit/>. This plugin already > lets you define custom dropdown templates, so its natural to incorporate > the filters uni-link provides. > > > 1. where I want it to go > > > - If we're not just focusing on aliases for a second, this isn't as > straightforward as I initially thought - frequently I want a link to go to > a tiddler with a specific title. Sometimes I want a link to go to a > specific tiddler, *regardless of its title. *For example, my TW is > constantly evolving as my system of knowledge is evolving - I rename > things, reorganize, etc *frequently.* If I rename a method, or person, > etc. all of my links to this tiddler no longer work (there have been > previous discussions of renaming tiddlers triggering a search/replace). I > am more interested in linking by a UNIQUE ID (for example, created > timestamp) - that way renaming a tiddler's title does not trigger massive > changes in the rest of your tiddlers (I use version control, so its a bit > annoying when I rename one tiddler, my commit object contains changes to > 20 > other tiddlers whose links to this one tiddler also had to change). > > > - Uni-link address this issue, by introducing a (hopefully) unique > field: aliases. So now I can link to [[coolMethod|?]] regardless of the > actual title of that tiddler. This is a wonderful feature. > > > 1. what I want to render > > > - TW already supports some version of this, as sometimes its > appropriate to render a tiddler's title, other times its caption. I just > want to extend this so that the user has more fine-grained control over > this. > > > On Sunday, September 1, 2019 at 11:58:50 AM UTC-5, HansWobbe wrote: > After some preliminary testing of Containers, I think it might be possible > to set up a proof-of-concept that would let a few folk interact as Peers > that way. I personally don't have the ability to set this up, but I do see > enough potential in this apporach that I would participate and contribute > as best I can. > Thoughts? > Cheers, > Hans > > > On Sunday, September 1, 2019 at 6:39:59 AM UTC-4, PMario wrote: > On Sunday, September 1, 2019 at 10:08:27 AM UTC+2, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > bimlas wrote: > I have not heard of the DAT protocol and I do not know how Peer-2-Peer > works, but it is clear that it has to do with networks. > PMario wrote: > ... There are some 3rd party servers involved at the moment, because you > need to find other peers. > Right. > It is interesting and works. A downside is, right now, is 3rd party > servers in-between. > That's not necessarily a problem, as long as the software is open source > and you can run it on your own, if you want to. > > I think this is part of the problem with it. > As above. > > The protocol fosters true peer-to-peer, but, given how most of the net now > works, true peer-to-peer seems not possible under DAT? > That's not true. ... You only need a "discovery service" to establish the > communication. Then it is _true_ P2P. > > -m >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/fe246cbb-733b-48bb-8cf7-486a5b5e7c52%40googlegroups.com.
