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Re: DAT Links
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 12 Jan 2000 22:26:42 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Duane Hess writes:
> I seem to recall that there was a discussion about this before, but haven't
> been able to find anything in my minimal search. What is the feeling behind
> linking to the .DAT content associated with postings in the .DAT group?
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> My thought is to link directly to the .DAT content from my webpage,
> completely bypassing the article itself and eliminating the need for file
> storage on my part. Is this an acceptable practice?
Sure. It would be extra-nice, of course, if you showed the name of the
person who authored or posted the DAT file as part of (or next to) the link.
You might also want to try a dual-link thingie where you give a link to the
article and a second link directly to the .DAT content (i.e., the ldraw.cgi
script). You might even also want to give a link to the raw text content via
the raw.cgi script. For example, here are 3 linkage methods:
1. http://www.lugnet.com/cad/dat/models/?n=919
2. http://www.lugnet.com/news/ldraw.cgi?lugnet.cad.dat.models:919
3. http://www.lugnet.com/news/raw.cgi?lugnet.cad.dat.models:919
--Todd
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| (...) I was going to use option #2. I don't think the author name is that important for me, since I would only be linking to models that I have authored. Thanks for the OK though. Now I can finish updating my site. -Duane (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| I seem to recall that there was a discussion about this before, but haven't been able to find anything in my minimal search. What is the feeling behind linking to the .DAT content associated with postings in the .DAT group? My thought is to link (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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