Auiucdcs.153 net.news utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!cbosg!harpo!chico!duke!uiucdcs!kolstad Sun Oct 11 21:28:39 1981 more on plato notes In reply to cbosgd!mark's questions about implementation of replies to notes (a la Plato): Both questions are related (essentially: how does one keep replies to a note grouped with the note). The answer is that replies are always associated with a note. When writing a news item one either writes (a) a response to an old item or (b) a new item. Items are identified by a "unique ID number" so that everyone's news program can file responses correctly. The unique ID number can be generated at each site by using a (unique) site code with a sequence number appended to it. These notes are then disseminated throughout the network. Replies, when disseminated, name their "base note" and as such are associated with them. Rather than doing actual sorting, notes typically have a set of pointers which tell where their responses lie. Implementation is not a problem -- we have a bare bones implementation running here at U of Illinois; I have received mail of a different version running elsewhere. As far as "subscribing" or "unsubscribing" to a sequence of notes (within a news topic): the design used at Plato, here, and the other notes system all allows for easy skipping of topics to be avoided and possible review if desired. Really -- the stuff does just what "feels right" once seen in action. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.