Annotation of libwww/Library/Overview.html, revision 1.34
1.1 frystyk 1: <HTML>
2: <HEAD>
1.8 frystyk 3: <TITLE>Status of the W3C Reference Library</TITLE>
1.34 ! frystyk 4: <!-- Changed by: Henrik Frystyk Nielsen, 24-Nov-1995 -->
1.1 frystyk 5: <NEXTID N="z1000">
6: </HEAD>
7: <BODY>
8:
1.30 frystyk 9: <A HREF="../"><IMG ALT="W3C" SRC="../Icons/WWW/w3c_48x48.gif"></A>
1.1 frystyk 10: <IMG ALT="LIB" SRC="../Icons/WWW/Lib48x.gif">
11:
1.8 frystyk 12: <H1>W3C Reference Library</H1>
1.1 frystyk 13:
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>
1.1 frystyk 20:
21: <DL>
22:
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/">Håkon 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.
30:
31: <DT>Status
32: <DD>Stable. Bug fixes and evolution from time to time.
33:
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">
1.1 frystyk 39:
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>
1.1 frystyk 44:
45: <DT>Getting the Source Code
46:
1.12 frystyk 47: <DD>The latest source code is available in the following formats:
48:
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>
1.12 frystyk 53: </UL>
54:
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:
1.1 frystyk 60:
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
1.1 frystyk 67: </UL>
1.9 frystyk 68:
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>.
1.1 frystyk 72:
73: <DT>Copyright
74:
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>
1.4 frystyk 77:
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!
1.1 frystyk 83:
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>.
1.18 frystyk 93:
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.
1.18 frystyk 99:
100: </DL>
1.13 frystyk 101:
1.1 frystyk 102: </DL>
103:
104: <HR>
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>
127:
128: <P>
129: <HR>
1.30 frystyk 130: <ADDRESS>Henrik Frystyk, <A HREF="mailto:libwww@w3.org">libwww@w3.org</A>, November 1995</ADDRESS>
1.1 frystyk 131:
132: </BODY>
133: </HTML>
Webmaster
![[BACK]](/cvsweb/icons/back.gif){kind=icon}
Return to Overview.html CVS log ![[TXT]](/cvsweb/icons/text.gif){kind=icon}
![[DIR]](/cvsweb/icons/dir.gif){kind=icon}
Up to [Public] / libwww / Library