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1.8       frystyk    12: <H1>W3C Reference Library</H1>
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1.33      frystyk    14: The W3C Reference Library is a general-purpose code base written in C. It can be used as a basic
                     15: tool for writing single threaded and multi threaded Web clients, servers, proxies etc. It contains
                     16: reference code for accessing HTTP, FTP, Gopher, News, WAIS, Telnet servers, and the local file
                     17: system and a lot functionality to handle data objects rendered in various media types. The Library
                     18: is the basis for many <A HREF="../">World-Wide Web</A> applications and all the W3C software is
                     19: built on top of it.<P>
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                     23: <DT>Authors
                     24: <DD>
1.33      frystyk    25: <A HREF="../People.html#Frystyk">Henrik Frystyk Nielsen</A>,
1.29      frystyk    26: <A HREF="../People.html#BernersLee">Tim Berners-Lee</A>,
1.5       frystyk    27: <A HREF="../People/howcome/">H&aring;kon W. Lie</A>,
1.29      frystyk    28: <A HREF="../People.html#Groff">Jean-Francois Groff</A>,
1.1       frystyk    29: and a large group of contributors.
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                     31: <DT>Status
                     32: <DD>Stable. Bug fixes and evolution from time to time.
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1.33      frystyk    34: <DT>Plans
1.34    ! frystyk    35: <DD><B>Version 4.0</B> is scheduled to be released <B>December 1995</B>. If you are a <A
        !            36: HREF="../Consortium/Member/List.html"><EM>W3C member</EM></A> then you can take a peek at the latest
        !            37: prerelease from our <A HREF="/devel/WWW/Library/">developer's area</A>. <B>4.0 prerelease 6 is out
        !            38: now - released Nov 20 1995!</B> <IMG SRC="../Icons/WWW/new_red.gif" ALT="NEW">
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                     40: <DT>Platforms
1.33      frystyk    41: <DD>The Library is known to compile on the following <A HREF="User/Platform/">Platforms</A>.  See
                     42: also the <A HREF="http://delonline.cern.ch/disk$user/duns/doc/vms/distribution.html">VMS
1.32      frystyk    43: version</A>, and the special notes on <A HREF="User/Platform/Windows.html">Windows</A>
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                     45: <DT>Getting the Source Code
                     46: 
1.12      frystyk    47: <DD>The latest source code is available in the following formats:
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                     49: <UL>
1.30      frystyk    50: <LI><A HREF="../../Dist/libwww/libwww_src.tar.Z">compressed tar file (ca. 1.3M)</A>
                     51: <LI><A HREF="../../Dist/libwww/libwww_src.tar.gz">gzip'ed tar file (ca. 862k)</A>
                     52: <LI><A HREF="../../Dist/libwww/libwww_src.zip">zip file (ca. 1.1M)</A>
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1.33      frystyk    55: You can find <A HREF="../../Dist/libwww/old">old versions</A> of the source code and <A
                     56: HREF="../../Dist/libwww/diffs">diffs</A> together with many other things in our <A
                     57: HREF="../../Dist/">distribution archives</A> and you can browse through the <A
                     58: HREF="Implementation/">latest source files</A> on our server! A packet contains the following
                     59: components:
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                     61: <UL>
1.26      frystyk    62: <LI>Installation guide
                     63: <LI>Source code
                     64: <LI>Platform dependent make files
                     65: <LI>Hypertext documentation
                     66: <LI>Copyright statements and other legal mumbo jumbo
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1.33      frystyk    69: You can see how to unpack and compile the software in the <A HREF="../README.html">README</A> file,
                     70: and you can find more information on how the Library is designed in the <A HREF="User/Architecture/">
                     71: Library Architecture</A> and how to use it in the <A HREF="User/Using/">User's Guide</A>.
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                     73: <DT>Copyright
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1.28      frystyk    75: <DD>W3C Reference Library is covered by the <A HREF="../COPYRIGHT.html">MIT Copyright Statement</A>,
1.30      frystyk    76: and with <A HREF="../CERN.html">acknowledgment to CERN</A>
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                     78: <DT>Patches, Bug fixes, etc..
                     79: 
1.33      frystyk    80: <DD>When you have modifications and want them to go into our code base then please fill out the form
                     81: for <A HREF="../PATCHES.html">Corrections, Modifications, and Patches</A> and send it to
                     82: us. Otherwise we can not use the patch!
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1.13      frystyk    84: <DT>Mailing lists
1.18      frystyk    85: <DD>
                     86: <DL>
1.13      frystyk    87: 
1.18      frystyk    88: <DT><B>www-lib@w3.org</B>
                     89: 
1.33      frystyk    90: <DD>A <EM>public</EM> mailing list for an open discussion of ideas, diffs, new features etc. See the
                     91: <A HREF="../Mail/">Mail Information</A> for details on how to subscribe and the very nifty <A
                     92: HREF="http://asearch.mccmedia.com/www-lib.html">www-lib mailing list archive</A>.
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                     94: <DT><B>w3c-lib@w3.org</B>
                     95: 
1.33      frystyk    96: <DD>A <EM>W3C member</EM> mailing list for discussion of architecture, requirement, code, diffs, new
                     97: features etc. See the <A HREF="../Consortium/Mail/">W3C Mail Information</A> for details on how to
                     98: subscribe and for accessing the archives.
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                    105: 
                    106: <H2>More information</H2>
                    107: 
                    108: <UL>
1.25      frystyk   109: <LI><A HREF="User/">Documentation Overview</A>
1.27      frystyk   110: <LI><A HREF="User/ReleaseNotes.html">Release Notes</A> 
1.13      frystyk   111: <LI><A HREF="User/Installation.html">Installation Guide</A>
1.29      frystyk   112: <LI><A HREF="User/Patch/">Known Bugs and Patches</A><P>
1.27      frystyk   113: 
1.26      frystyk   114: <LI><A HREF="User/Using.html">How to get Started writing an Application</A>
1.21      frystyk   115: <LI><A HREF="User/Architecture/">Libwww Architecture</A> - the <B>Overview</B>
                    116: <LI><A HREF="User/Using/">User's Guide</A> - the <B>API</B>
1.26      frystyk   117: <LI><A HREF="User/Guide/">Library Internals</A> - the <B>Details</B> <P>
                    118: 
1.24      frystyk   119: <LI><A HREF="FAQ/">FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)</A>
1.19      frystyk   120: <LI><A HREF="User/Features/Features.html">Change history</A>,
1.8       frystyk   121: <LI><A HREF="User/Features/Workinglist.html">Current Workinglist</A>
1.5       frystyk   122: <LI><A HREF="../Gateways/WAISGate.html">Compiling for WAIS access</A>
1.24      frystyk   123: <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>
                    124: 
1.18      frystyk   125: <LI><A HREF="User/Slides/">Various Slides from Presentations about the Library</A>
1.1       frystyk   126: </UL>
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1.30      frystyk   130: <ADDRESS>Henrik Frystyk, <A HREF="mailto:libwww@w3.org">libwww@w3.org</A>, November 1995</ADDRESS>
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