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Bernd Pollermann IT/User Support
We can now move towards a stable and consistent set of URLs.
wwwinfo
,
which remain valid server names, act independently
and may eventually become separate entities hardware-wise,
are the following:
wwwinfo.cern.ch
wwwinfo.cern.ch/
groupname
).
-> wwwinfo.cern.ch
is oriented towards groups
A comment on its name: the original name of wwwinfo
was wwwcn. This name had to be given up
two years ago when the
name of our division changed. Having chosen the rather
"pale" name of wwwinfo
we are confident that we can keep
it stable.
consult.cern.ch
consult
is to
facilitate access to relevant information independent of
its origin. The user does not have to know which person or
group (later on even division) is responsible for a
given service or information.
consult
does not necessarily host (but can do so at the
request of the responsible) all the information about
a given subject, but helps the user where to start.
The following may make it clearer what to expect from
the consult
server:
consult
is kept (hopefully) high by a very restrictive mechanism
of submission. An exception is news where only the rules
for the news group itself apply.
consult
are easy to remember and
sometimes even "guessable", at least for the first two levels:
URLs like consult/service/mail
or
consult/writeup/garfield
can even be transmitted by phone!
You may also observe that the URLs are always lower case.
-> consult.cern.ch
is oriented towards users
A comment on its name: consult
was always
called consult
, but as it could not be distinguished
from wwwinfo
under the old server-software
it had a very low visibility in the past, and was even neglected.
Now, with its independent existence, it will be maintained
increasingly well. Look out for an article in the next CNL,
describing its
marvels in more detail, and above all what makes it different
from a normal search engine.
home.cern.ch
-> home.cern.ch
is oriented towards individuals
asdwww,wwwftp, wwwcn1
and xwho
will definitely be stopped during January 1999.
The server name wwwcn
, as its usage is still
relatively high (15% of all requests), will be given
six months more, i.e. will "survive" until end of June 1999.
Two measures will be taken nevertheless:
wwwcn
are redirected to
wwwinfo
(which delays the requests and puts more
work onto the server)
wwwcn
request is
artificially set to 404, i.e. a program (robot) will think
that it did not get the page)
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