Newsgroups: comp.text.sgml
From: marsj@ida.liu.se (Martin Sjolin)
Subject: Re: Single Text, Many Uses
Message-ID: <1994Apr22.132542.13979@ida.liu.se>
Keywords: LINCKS, Multi-User, Hypertext, CSCW,
Versions, Database
Organization: Department of Computer Science,
University of Linkoping
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 1994 13:25:42 GMT
LINCKS is a research database system developed at the University of Linkoping in a project to explore the area of intelligent information systems. We are releasing it on the net in the hope that we will (1) spark some interest in the work we've done, (2) obtain some users and (3) thus some feedback which will help us to focus our continued research in this area. Finally, we also hope that our system might prove useful for others in their work/research and might lead to fruitful research contacts.
LINCKS is an object-centred multi-user database system developed for complex information system applications where editing and browsing of information in the database is of paramount importance. The focus is on sharing of small information chunks which combine to make up complex information objects used by different users for different purposes. The information chunks are semi-structured in that they contain one part which is well-structured to facilitate addition of A.I. processing within the system, and one part which is unstructured and suitable for management by the user.
If you are interested in trying out the LINCKS Version 2 system, it is available by anonymous ftp on ftp.ida.liu.se (130.236.30.131) in the directory pub/lincks/lincks-2.1.tar.gz (or pub/lincks/lincks-2.1.tar.Z for those without GNU unzip). This machine is in Sweden. If it doesn't allow you in the first time, wait a few seconds and try again.
Note that ftp.ida.liu.se allows very few anonymous ftp logins at one time, so we have the same software available on cs.utk.edu (128.169.201.1) in pub/partain. This machine is in the U.S.A.
To retrieve it, do the following:
> ftp ftp.ida.liu.se (log in using anonymous as the username and your mail address as the password) > bin > cd pub/lincks > get README "|more" > get lincks-2.1.tar.gz > bye
Alternatively, you can pick up the User's Manual in PostScript(TM) format (xlincks_manual.ps.gz or xlincks_manual.ps.Z) if you want to have a look at the Interface user manual. NOTE! This file is also included in the tar file, so you needn't get both.
After retrieving the LINCKS tar file, you can unpack it by:
> cd some-directory > gunzip lincks-2.1.tar.gz > tar xvf lincks-2.1.tar > cd lincks-2.1
Thereafter, read the README file and the COPYING file, the latter of which explains the terms under which you can use LINCKS. LINCKS Version 2 is available under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
You must have some reasonable sort of UNIX (TM) and X11R5 or something based on it. X11R4 support doesn't really exist, although the interface will run. We hope to fix the X11R4 support soon.
The rest of these have been tested only minimally and not necessarily by us.
If you have any of these platforms or any other reasonable kind of UNIX, we hope you will be able to get the system running.
We (the developers) can be reached by sending mail to lincks@ida.liu.se. If you have bug reports, please send them to lincks-bugs@ida.liu.se. Additionally there is a lincks mailing list (lincks-users@ida.liu.se) for interested parties, which you can join by sending mail to lincks-users-request@ida.liu.se.
These programs are free software; you can redistribute them and/or modify them under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2 of the License.
These programs are distributed in the hope that they will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Martin Sjölin | e-mail: marsj@ida.liu.se | phone : +46 13 28 24 10 Department of Computer and Information Science | fax : +46 13 28 26 66 University of Linköping, S-581 83 Linköping, SWEDEN