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Re: Publishing DAT files (was Re: B-Wing DAT file)
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Date: 
Mon, 12 Oct 1998 15:07:15 GMT
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lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman) writes:

[...]
   * Storage on the lugnet.com server of LDraw .DAT files of models submitted,
     and the models are identified by their author.

   * Viewable by anyone with a web browser which can launch LDLITE (as Gyug
     explains on his webpage).  Server returns "application/x-ldraw" as
     content type.

   * For posterity, arbitrary comments by the author can be associated
     tightly with the .DAT files submitted.

   * New versions of models can be submitted by authors at any time.

   * Author's comments/descriptions/questions can be addressed by other
     people.  That is, there is support for discussions (or idolation :)
     revolving around a particular model.

   * No MIMEing is required, and no fancy software is needed to submit the
     .DAT files.

   * Rudimentary indexing and searching is provided.
[...]


I guess there's one other kinda cool feature...

Authors can bookmark, trade, or publish the URLs of their submissions.  For
example, Terry could include the following on a web page of his:

  <A HREF="http://www.lugnet.com/news/ldraw.cgi?lugnet.publish:6">My B-Wing
  Fighter Model</A>

or if he wanted to link to the threaded discussion instead of directly to
the model itself, he could do:

  <A HREF="http://www.lugnet.com/news/display.cgi?lugnet.publish:6">
  Discussion of my B-Wing Fighter Model</A>

--Todd

p.s.  Terry, that B-Wing fully shreds!  Good show!!



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  Re: Publishing DAT files (was Re: B-Wing DAT file)
 
(...) OK, here's what I came up with (feature list): * Storage on the lugnet.com server of LDraw .DAT files of models submitted, and the models are identified by their author. * Viewable by anyone with a web browser which can launch LDLITE (as Gyug (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.publish)

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