From: cvs@openprivacy.orgCVS update: openprivacy/htdocs/reputations
Date: Tuesday February 6, 19101 @ 18:33
Author: fen
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Update of /usr/local/cvs/public/openprivacy/htdocs/reputations
In directory giga:/home/fen/projects/openprivacy/htdocs/reputations
Modified Files:
index.shtml
Log Message:
added intro; changed heading
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File: openprivacy/htdocs/reputations/index.shtml
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CVSWeb: Diff to previous version: http://openprivacy.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/cvsweb.cgi/openprivacy/htdocs/reputations/index.shtml.diff?r1=1.9&r2=1.8
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Index: openprivacy/htdocs/reputations/index.shtml
diff -u openprivacy/htdocs/reputations/index.shtml:1.8 openprivacy/htdocs/reputations/index.shtml:1.9
--- openprivacy/htdocs/reputations/index.shtml:1.8 Tue Feb 6 16:00:38 2001
+++ openprivacy/htdocs/reputations/index.shtml Tue Feb 6 18:33:23 2001
@@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
<!--#include virtual="/includes/top.html"-->
<!--#include virtual="/includes/navigation.html"-->
-<h2>Reputation Server Overview</h2>
+<h2>Reputations and Reputation Server Concepts</h2>
Every agent within the OpenPrivacy system supports the Reputation Server
-Facility, as outlined below.
+facility. Some basic terminology follows:
+<ul>
+ <li>a nym Ji can state an <i>Opinion</i> of an object through a
+ <i>Reference</i> (often a URI)
+ <li>an Opinion adds depth to the <i>Reputation</i> of the object being
+ referenced
+ <li>a <i>Bias</i> may be calculated from a collection of Opinions and
+ Reputations. Further, a Bias may be packaged and "gifted" to a new
+ acquaintance.
+</ul>
+<p>
+Below are some pointers to further reading:
<h3><i>from Platform (<a href="/platform.shtml">/platform.shtml</a>):</i></h3>
@@ -57,7 +68,7 @@
<li>
<b>Reputation Server:</b>
A Reputation Server is an agent that can respond to reputation
- requests such as <tt>setReputation()</tt> and
+ requests such as <tt>putReputation()</tt> and
<tt>getReputation()</tt>.
In addition, reputation servers provide the communications and storage
platform for <i>Reputation Calculation Engines</i>.
@@ -82,9 +93,6 @@
</ul>
<h3><i>from Requirements (<a href="/opr.shtml">/opr.shtml</a>)</i></h3>
-
-<h3>Reputations</h3>
-<p>
Reputations are first class objects - based on XMLDSig - that can be
applied to any entity within the OpenPrivacy system. In a sense, all
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