Sounds cool. This points out yet another thing the WAIS folks did
right: every database has an associated maintainer as part of
the protocol. WWW could learn a lot from WAIS.
>All we have to do is agree to set up the wwwmaster aliases. (In the
>event of bounce-o-grams, we could always annoy the postmaster, or
>failing that, root.)
Perhaps HTML2 will provide a handle on how to get ahold of the relavent
person -- it should!
>This would also be a good chance to map out the entire Web. Anyone
>know any good algorithms for drawing arbitrary directed graphs with
>no overlap?
Ever heard of map coloring problems? You can't draw an arbitrary
directed graph with no overlap. The set of graphs that you can
draw is the subject of great study, I believe. They're called
"planar" graphs.
> Which reminds me, a good directed graph is the right way
>to implement a history mechanism. Somebody want to take a crack at
>it?
This is another area where the HyTime folks have done a lot
of thinking that we should try to take advantage of.
Dan