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1.66 frystyk 4: <TITLE>Libwww - the W3C Sample Code Library</TITLE>
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1.41 frystyk 11: <H1>
1.66 frystyk 12: Libwww - the W3C Sample Code Library
1.38 frystyk 13: </H1>
1.118 frystyk 14: <P ALIGN=Center>
15: <A HREF="#News">News</A> | <A HREF="Activity.html">Libwww Activity</A> |
1.122 frystyk 16: <A NAME="Installation" HREF="Distribution.html">Get it!</A> |
1.119 frystyk 17: <A HREF="User/Applications.html">Sample Apps</A> |
18: <A HREF="User/ReleaseNotes.html">Release Notes</A> |
1.118 frystyk 19: <A HREF="User/">Documentation</A> | <A HREF="#Forums">Mailing list</A> |
1.122 frystyk 20: <A HREF="#Legal">Legal</A> | <A HREF="#Authors">Authors & Contributors</A>
1.118 frystyk 21: <P>
1.77 frystyk 22: <DIV class="intro">
1.95 frystyk 23: Libwww is a general-purpose Web API written in C for
24: <A HREF="User/Platform/">Unix and Windows (Win32)</A>. With a highly extensible
25: and layered API, it can accommodate many different types of applications
1.124 frystyk 26: including clients, robots, etc. The purpose of libwww is to provide a
1.123 frystyk 27: <A HREF="../Protocols/HTTP/Performance/Pipeline.html">highly optimized HTTP</A>
28: sample implementation as well as other Internet protocols and to serve as
29: a testbed for protocol experiments.
1.89 frystyk 30: <UL>
31: <LI>
1.125 ! frystyk 32: <B><IMG SRC="/Icons/WWW/new_red" BORDER="0" WIDTH="32" HEIGHT="13">
! 33: <A HREF="Distribution.html">Libwww Release 5.2 is out Nov 1, 1998!</A></B>
! 34: Special thanks to Bob Racko, John Punin, Vladimir Kozlov, and Jose Kahan!
1.124 frystyk 35: <LI>
1.123 frystyk 36: <A HREF="Collaborators.html#Help">How can YOU help developing libwww?</A>
1.117 frystyk 37: <LI>
1.123 frystyk 38: Looking for Win32 binaries? Vladimir Kozlov most kindly provides
39: <A HREF="http://194.226.9.94/libwww.htm">libwww binaries</A> from the
40: <A HREF="http://194.226.9.94">IDM Web site</A>
1.122 frystyk 41: <LI>
1.124 frystyk 42: Browse the <A HREF="http://dev.w3.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/">libwww CVS
43: repository</A> and check out <A HREF="http://db.w3.org/Library/latest.sql">the
44: latest edits</A>
1.89 frystyk 45: </UL>
1.91 frystyk 46: <P>
1.125 ! frystyk 47: @(#) $Id: Overview.html,v 1.124 1998/10/26 22:30:51 frystyk Exp $
1.77 frystyk 48: </DIV>
1.41 frystyk 49: <P>
1.77 frystyk 50: <HR>
1.56 frystyk 51: <H2>
1.122 frystyk 52: <A NAME="News">News, Updates, and Events</A>
1.56 frystyk 53: </H2>
1.76 frystyk 54: <DL>
55: <DT>
1.125 ! frystyk 56: <STRONG>Nov 1, 1998</STRONG>
! 57: <DD>
! 58: <A HREF="Distribution.html">Release of libwww 5.2</A> - a result of
! 59: <A HREF="Collaborators.html#Collaborators">close collaboration</A> and extensive
! 60: testing by the <A HREF="#Forums">libwww community</A>. Special thanks to
! 61: Bob Racko, John Punin, Vladimir Kozlov, and Jose Kahan.
! 62: <DT>
! 63: <STRONG>Sep 24, 1998</STRONG>
1.123 frystyk 64: <DD>
65: <A HREF="../WinCom/">New binary version of the Web Commander made
66: available</A>. This version <A HREF="../WinCom/NoMoreLostUpdates.html">avoids
67: the lost update problem</A>
68: <DT>
1.125 ! frystyk 69: <STRONG>Sep 14, 1998</STRONG>
1.123 frystyk 70: <DD>
71: The <A HREF="cvs.html">latest CVS version of libwww</A> supports
72: <A HREF="../Protocols/">HTTP/1.1, rev 05</A>
73: <DT>
1.125 ! frystyk 74: <STRONG>Sep 1, 1998</STRONG>
1.123 frystyk 75: <DD>
76: The number of people having <A HREF="cvs.html">checked out libwww from CVS</A>
77: exceeds 300!
78: <DT>
1.125 ! frystyk 79: <STRONG>Jun 1, 1998</STRONG>
1.110 frystyk 80: <DD>
1.112 frystyk 81: The <A HREF="http://dev.w3.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/">libwww cvs repository log</A>
82: can now be browsed online.
1.110 frystyk 83: <DT>
1.103 frystyk 84: <STRONG>May 21, 1998</STRONG>
85: <DD>
1.109 frystyk 86: The libwww repository is now available to the public - <A href="cvs.html">come
87: and try it out</A>. The hope is that this will speed up development and
88: deployment of new features.
1.103 frystyk 89: <DT>
1.125 ! frystyk 90: <STRONG>Mar 27, 1998</STRONG>
1.93 frystyk 91: <DD>
92: Try out the latest <A HREF="WinCom.html">Windows based PUT Tool</A> - a small
93: Windows Widget that can be the start to something big :)
94: <DT>
1.125 ! frystyk 95: <STRONG>Mar 25, 1998</STRONG>: <A HREF="Distribution.html" NAME="5.1d">Libwww
1.92 frystyk 96: Version 5.1l</A> available for <A HREF="../Protocols/HTTP/Forum/">HTTP/1.1
1.82 frystyk 97: testing</A>! <A HREF="../Protocols/HTTP/Performance/LAN/">Check out the
98: performance!</A>
1.76 frystyk 99: <DD>
100: This release is a "second generation" HTTP/1.1 implementation using persistent
101: connections, pipelining, smart output buffering, and persistent caching.
102: It is the code base that was used in the
103: "<A HREF="../Protocols/HTTP/Performance/Pipeline.html">Network Performance
1.88 frystyk 104: Effects of HTTP/1.1, CSS1, and PNG</A>" paper
1.76 frystyk 105: <UL>
106: <LI>
1.88 frystyk 107: This release implements <A HREF="../Protocols/History.html#Rev02">HTTP/1.1
108: Rev-02</A>!
109: <LI>
1.76 frystyk 110: Check out the <A HREF="User/ReleaseNotes.html">list of new features</A>
111: <LI>
1.88 frystyk 112: Complete HTTP/1.1 compliant <A HREF="src/WWWCache.html">client side persistent
113: cache manager</A>
1.76 frystyk 114: <LI>
1.88 frystyk 115: Support for zlib based decompression and regular expressions - can do really
116: cool things in the <A HREF="../Robot/">Robot</A>
1.76 frystyk 117: </UL>
1.88 frystyk 118: <DT>
1.113 frystyk 119: See also the <A HREF="OldEvents.html">list of previous head lines and
120: events</A>
1.76 frystyk 121: </DL>
1.56 frystyk 122: <H2>
1.118 frystyk 123: <A NAME="Forums">Libwww Mailinglist</A>
1.56 frystyk 124: </H2>
125: <P>
1.112 frystyk 126: Please send all requests regarding libwww to
1.123 frystyk 127: <<A HREF="mailto:www-lib-request@w3.org?subject=subscribe">www-lib@w3.org</A>>.
128: This list is <A HREF="http://www.findmail.com/list/www-lib/">archived at
129: findmail</A> and in the
130: <A HREF="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-lib/">W3C archives</A>.
131: Note, that you <B>MUST</B> be subscribed in order to post to the mailing
132: list. See the <A HREF="../Mail/Request.html">information on
133: mailing lists</A> for details.
1.56 frystyk 134: <H2>
1.119 frystyk 135: <A NAME="Legal">Legal Stuff</A>
136: </H2>
137: <UL>
138: <LI>
139: Libwww is covered by this
140: <A HREF="../Consortium/Legal/libwww-copyright-notice-19980720.html">copyright
141: notice</A> as well as the
142: <A HREF="/Consortium/Legal/copyright-software.html">full W3C license</A>
143: <LI>
144: Any IPR questions? Please check our
145: <A HREF="/Consortium/Legal/IPR-FAQ.html">Intellectual Property FAQ for
146: answers</A>
147: <LI>
148: If you like to get contribute changes so that they can be incorporated into
149: our code base then please fill out the <A HREF="../PATCHES.html">Corrections,
150: Modifications, and Patches</A> form and send it to us. Otherwise we can not
151: use the patch!
152: </UL>
153: <H2>
1.77 frystyk 154: <A NAME="Authors">Authors and Contributors</A>
1.56 frystyk 155: </H2>
156: <P>
1.122 frystyk 157: The development of libwww depends on <B>YOU</B>! The more people who
158: are contributing and helping the development, the more useful the code
159: base gets. Check out the <A HREF="Collaborators.html"><B>list of
160: collaborators</B></A> who provide invaluable contributions to the libwww
161: code base and find out how you can help!
1.62 frystyk 162: <DL>
163: <DT>
1.102 frystyk 164: <A HREF="/People/Frystyk/">Henrik Frystyk Nielsen</A>
1.62 frystyk 165: <DD>
1.120 frystyk 166: Designed and implemented libwww from version 2.17 up until version 5.1
1.62 frystyk 167: <DT>
168: <A HREF="../People/#BernersLee">Tim Berners-Lee</A> and
169: <A HREF="../People.html#Groff">Jean-Francois Groff</A>
170: <DD>
171: Came up with the initial design and implementation of libwww
172: </DL>
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1.102 frystyk 178: <A HREF="/People/Frystyk/">Henrik Frystyk Nielsen</A>,<BR>
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