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1.41 frystyk 9: <H1>
10: W3C Reference Library
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1.41 frystyk 12: <P>
1.38 frystyk 13: The W3C Reference Library is a general-purpose code base written in C. It
1.41 frystyk 14: can be used as a basic tool for writing single threaded and multi threaded
15: Web clients, servers, proxies etc. It contains reference code for accessing
16: HTTP, FTP, Gopher, News, WAIS, Telnet servers, and the local file system
17: and a lot functionality to handle data objects rendered in various media
18: types. The Library is the basis for many <A HREF="../">World-Wide Web</A>
19: applications and all the W3C software is built on top of it.
20: <H2>
1.42 frystyk 21: <IMG SRC="../Icons/WWW/relnotes48x" ALT="NEWS"> News and Updates
1.41 frystyk 22: </H2>
23: <UL>
24: <LI>
1.43 frystyk 25: Check out the <A HREF="User/Applications.html">list of libwww applications</A>
26: ready to go as "proof of concept" apps
27: <IMG SRC="../Icons/WWW/new_red" ALT="NEW">
28: <LI>
1.41 frystyk 29: We have a new WAIS search mechanism for
30: <A HREF=" http://163.121.10.41/WWW "><B>finding keywords in the W3C Reference
31: Library area</B></A> provided by <A HREF="http://163.121.10.41">Information
1.44 frystyk 32: Technology Solutions</A>
1.45 ! eric 33: <LI>
! 34: In order to explain some of our coding style choices, we have added a
! 35: <A NAME=1 HREF="User/Styles.html">Styles</A> page. This should help users
! 36: read and understand the libwww C code.
1.41 frystyk 37: </UL>
1.38 frystyk 38: <P>
1.41 frystyk 39: <HR>
40: <DL>
41: <DT>
42: Authors
43: <DD>
44: <A HREF="../People.html#Frystyk">Henrik Frystyk Nielsen</A>,
45: <A HREF="../People.html#BernersLee">Tim Berners-Lee</A>,
46: <A HREF="../People/howcome/">Håkon W. Lie</A>,
47: <A HREF="../People.html#Groff">Jean-Francois Groff</A>, and a large group
48: of contributors.
49: <DT>
50: Status
51: <DD>
52: Stable. Bug fixes and evolution from time to time.
53: <DT>
1.42 frystyk 54: Plans and Activities
1.41 frystyk 55: <DD>
1.44 frystyk 56: <B>Version 4.1</B> is to be released <B>June 1996</B>. If you are a
1.41 frystyk 57: <A HREF="../Consortium/Member/List.html"><EM>W3C member</EM></A> then you
58: can take a peek at the latest developments from our
1.43 frystyk 59: <A HREF="/devel/WWW/Library/">developer's area</A>. The
60: <A HREF="Activity.html">W3C Activity statement</A> gives the status of which
61: direction W3C is going regarding the W3C Reference Library.
1.41 frystyk 62: <DT>
63: Platforms
64: <DD>
65: The Library is known to compile on the following
66: <A HREF="User/Platform/">Platforms</A>. See also the
67: <A HREF="http://delonline.cern.ch/disk$user/duns/doc/vms/distribution.html">VMS
68: version</A>, and the special notes on
1.43 frystyk 69: <A HREF="User/Platform/WinDLL.html">Windows</A>
1.41 frystyk 70: <DT>
71: Getting the Source Code
72: <DD>
73: The latest source code is available in the following formats:
74: <UL>
75: <LI>
1.44 frystyk 76: <A HREF="Distribution/w3c-libwww.tar.Z">compressed tar file (ca. 1.8M)</A>
1.41 frystyk 77: <LI>
1.44 frystyk 78: <A HREF="Distribution/w3c-libwww.tar.gz">gzip'ed tar file (ca. 1.2M)</A>
1.41 frystyk 79: <LI>
1.44 frystyk 80: <A HREF="Distribution/w3c-libwww.zip">zip file (ca. 1.5M)</A>
1.41 frystyk 81: </UL>
82: <P>
83: You can find <A HREF="../../Dist/libwww/old">old versions</A> of the source
84: code and <A HREF="../../Dist/libwww/diffs">diffs</A> together with many other
85: things in our <A HREF="../../Dist/">distribution archives</A> and you can
86: browse through the <A HREF="src/">latest source files</A> on our server!
87: A packet contains the following components:
88: <UL>
89: <LI>
90: Installation guide
91: <LI>
92: Source code
93: <LI>
94: Platform dependent make files
95: <LI>
96: Hypertext documentation
97: <LI>
98: Copyright statements and other legal mumbo jumbo
99: </UL>
100: <P>
101: You can see how to unpack and compile the software in the
102: <A HREF="../README.html">README</A> file, and you can find more information
1.42 frystyk 103: on how the Library is designed in the <A HREF="User/Architecture/">Library
1.41 frystyk 104: Architecture</A> and how to use it in the <A HREF="User/Using/">User's
105: Guide</A>.
106: <P>
107: <DT>
108: Copyright
109: <DD>
110: W3C Reference Library is covered by the <A HREF="../COPYRIGHT.html">MIT Copyright
111: Statement</A>, and with <A HREF="../CERN.html">acknowledgment to CERN</A>
112: <DT>
113: Patches, Bug fixes, etc..
114: <DD>
115: When you have modifications and want them to go into our code base then please
116: fill out the form for <A HREF="../PATCHES.html">Corrections, Modifications,
117: and Patches</A> and send it to us. Otherwise we can not use the patch!
118: <DT>
119: Mailing lists
120: <DD>
121: <DL>
122: <DT>
123: <B>www-lib@w3.org</B>
124: <DD>
125: A <EM>public</EM> mailing list for an open discussion of ideas, diffs, new
126: features etc. See the <A HREF="../Mail/">Mail Information</A> for details
127: on how to subscribe and the very nifty
128: <A HREF="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-lib/threads.html">www-lib@w3.org
129: mailing list</A> archives.
130: <DT>
131: <B>w3c-lib@w3.org</B>
132: <DD>
133: A <EM>W3C member</EM> mailing list for discussion of architecture, requirement,
134: code, diffs, new features etc. See the <A HREF="../Consortium/Mail/">W3C
135: Mail Information</A> for details on how to subscribe and for accessing the
136: archives.
137: </DL>
138: </DL>
1.38 frystyk 139: <P>
1.41 frystyk 140: <HR>
141: <H2>
142: More information
143: </H2>
144: <UL>
145: <LI>
146: <A HREF="User/">Documentation Overview</A>
147: <LI>
148: <A HREF="../Library/User/ReleaseNotes.html">Release Notes</A>
149: <LI>
150: <A HREF="../INSTALL.html">Installation Guide</A>
151: <LI>
152: <A HREF="User/Patch/">Known Bugs and Patches</A>
153: <P>
154: <LI>
155: <A HREF="Examples/">Easy Startup Examples</A>
156: <LI>
157: <A HREF="User/Using.html">How to get Started writing an Application</A>
158: <LI>
159: <A HREF="User/Architecture/">Libwww Architecture</A> - the <B>Overview</B>
160: <LI>
161: <A HREF="User/Using/">User's Guide</A> - the <B>API</B>
162: <LI>
1.43 frystyk 163: <A HREF="User/Guide/">Library Interfaces</A>- the <B>Details</B>
1.41 frystyk 164: <P>
165: <LI>
166: <A HREF="FAQ/">FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)</A>
167: <LI>
168: <A HREF="User/Features/Features.html">Change history</A>,
169: <LI>
170: <A HREF="User/Features/Workinglist.html">Current Workinglist</A>
171: <LI>
1.43 frystyk 172: <A HREF="User/WAIS.html">Compiling for direct WAIS access</A>
1.41 frystyk 173: <LI>
174: <A HREF="User/Paper/LibraryPaper.html">Paper on the Library</A> submitted
175: for the <A HREF="http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/IT94/IT94Info.html">WWW Conference
176: in Chicago</A>
177: <LI>
178: <A HREF="User/Slides/">Various Slides from Presentations about the Library</A>
179: </UL>
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