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1.8 frystyk 12: <H1>W3C Reference Library</H1>
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1.19 frystyk 14: The W3C Reference Library is a general-purpose code base written in
15: C. It can be used as a basic tool for writing single threaded and
16: multi threaded Web clients, servers, proxies etc. It contains
17: reference code for accessing HTTP, FTP, Gopher, News, WAIS, Telnet
18: servers, and the local file system and a lot functionality to handle
19: data objects rendered in various media types. The Library is the basis
20: for many <A HREF="../">World-Wide Web</A> applications and all the W3C
21: software is built on top of it.<P>
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25: <DT>Authors
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1.6 frystyk 28: <A HREF="../People.html#BernersLee">TBL</A>,
1.5 frystyk 29: <A HREF="../People.html#Frystyk">Henrik Frystyk</A>,
30: <A HREF="../People/howcome/">Håkon W. Lie</A>,
1.1 frystyk 31: <A HREF="../People.html#Groff">JFG</A>,
32: and a large group of contributors.
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34: <DT>Status
35:
36: <DD>Stable. Bug fixes and evolution from time to time.
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1.23 frystyk 38: <DT>Plans <DD><B>Version 4.0</B> is scheduled to be released
39: <B>December 1995</B>. In between one or more maintenance releases are
40: planned, but no exact release date has been decided. <B>4.0 Alpha 3 is
41: out now!</B> <IMG SRC="../Icons/WWW/new_red.gif" ALT="NEW">
1.1 frystyk 42:
43: <DT>Platforms
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45: <DD>The Library is known to compile on the following <A
46: HREF="User/Platform/">Platforms</A>. See also the <A
47: HREF="http://delonline.cern.ch/disk$user/duns/doc/vms/distribution.html">VMS
1.23 frystyk 48: version</A>, and the <A HREF="../README-WinNT.html">Windows NT Readme file</A>
1.1 frystyk 49:
50: <DT>Getting the Source Code
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1.12 frystyk 52: <DD>The latest source code is available in the following formats:
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54: <UL>
1.26 frystyk 55: <LI><A HREF="../../Dist/libwww/libwww_src.tar.Z">compressed tar file (ca. 1.2M)</A>
1.27 frystyk 56: <LI><A HREF="../../Dist/libwww/libwww_src.tar.gz">gzip'ed tar file (ca. 817k)</A>
1.26 frystyk 57: <LI><A HREF="../../Dist/libwww/libwww_src.zip">zip file (ca. 1M)</A>
1.12 frystyk 58: </UL>
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1.19 frystyk 60: You can find <A HREF="../../Dist/libwww/old">old versions</A> of the
61: source code and <A HREF="../../Dist/libwww/diffs">diffs</A> together
62: with many other things in our <A HREF="../../Dist">distribution
63: archives</A> and you can browse through the <A
1.26 frystyk 64: HREF="Implementation/">latest source files</A> on our server! A packet
65: contains the following components:
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1.26 frystyk 68: <LI>Installation guide
69: <LI>Source code
70: <LI>Platform dependent make files
71: <LI>Hypertext documentation
72: <LI>Copyright statements and other legal mumbo jumbo
1.1 frystyk 73: </UL>
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1.1 frystyk 75: You can see how to unpack and compile the software in the <A
76: HREF="../README.html">README</A> file, and you can find more
1.9 frystyk 77: information on how the Library works in the <A HREF="User/Guide/">
1.4 frystyk 78: Internals and Programmer's Guide</A> and how to use it in the <A
79: HREF="User/Using/">User's Guide</A>.
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81: <DT>Copyright
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1.28 ! frystyk 83: <DD>W3C Reference Library is covered by the <A HREF="../COPYRIGHT.html">MIT Copyright Statement</A>,
! 84: and with <A HREF="../CERN.html">acknowledgement to CERN</A>
1.4 frystyk 85:
86: <DT>Patches, Bug fixes, etc..
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88: <DD>When you have modifications and want them to go into our code base
89: then please fill out the form for <A
90: HREF="../PATCHES.html">Corrections, Modifications, and Patches</A> and
91: send it to us. Otherwise we can not use the patch!
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1.13 frystyk 93: <DT>Mailing lists
1.18 frystyk 94: <DD>
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1.18 frystyk 97: <DT><B>www-lib@w3.org</B>
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99: <DD>A <EM>public</EM> mailing list for an open discussion of ideas,
100: diffs, new features etc. See the <A
1.13 frystyk 101: HREF="../Mailing/Mail/Lists.html">Mail Information</A> for details on
102: how to subscribe and the very nifty <A
103: HREF="http://asearch.mccmedia.com/www-lib.html">www-lib mailing list
1.18 frystyk 104: archive</A>.
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106: <DT><B>w3c-lib@w3.org</B>
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108: <DD>A <EM>W3C member</EM> mailing list for discussion of architecture,
109: requirement, code, diffs, new features etc. See the <A
110: HREF="../Consortium/Mail/">W3C Mail Information</A> for details on how
111: to subscribe and for accessing the archives.
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119: <H2>More information</H2>
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121: <UL>
1.25 frystyk 122: <LI><A HREF="User/">Documentation Overview</A>
1.27 frystyk 123: <LI><A HREF="User/ReleaseNotes.html">Release Notes</A>
1.13 frystyk 124: <LI><A HREF="User/Installation.html">Installation Guide</A>
1.27 frystyk 125: <LI><A HREF="User/Features/Bugs.html">Known Bugs and Patches</A><P>
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1.26 frystyk 127: <LI><A HREF="User/Using.html">How to get Started writing an Application</A>
1.21 frystyk 128: <LI><A HREF="User/Architecture/">Libwww Architecture</A> - the <B>Overview</B>
129: <LI><A HREF="User/Using/">User's Guide</A> - the <B>API</B>
1.26 frystyk 130: <LI><A HREF="User/Guide/">Library Internals</A> - the <B>Details</B> <P>
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1.24 frystyk 132: <LI><A HREF="FAQ/">FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)</A>
1.19 frystyk 133: <LI><A HREF="User/Features/Features.html">Change history</A>,
1.8 frystyk 134: <LI><A HREF="User/Features/Workinglist.html">Current Workinglist</A>
1.5 frystyk 135: <LI><A HREF="../Gateways/WAISGate.html">Compiling for WAIS access</A>
1.24 frystyk 136: <LI><A HREF="User/Paper/LibraryPaper.html">Paper on the Library</A> submitted for the <A HREF="http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/IT94/IT94Info.html">WWW Conference in Chicago</A>
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1.18 frystyk 138: <LI><A HREF="User/Slides/">Various Slides from Presentations about the Library</A>
1.1 frystyk 139: </UL>
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1.15 frystyk 143: <ADDRESS>Henrik Frystyk, <A HREF="mailto:libwww@w3.org">libwww@w3.org</A>, July 1995</ADDRESS>
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