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--- projects:library [2017/03/03 10:00] – bodems
+++ projects:library [2023/04/30 16:58] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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     * Web of trust, signed database entries
   * tags, categories languages
-  * "Channels"
+  * "Channels" for upstream/downstream
   * each book/journal/paper/file only once in the global database
   * search engine
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 ==== Name ====
 I suggest the name "Alexandria", called after the Ancient Library of Alexandria.
+==== Architecture ====
+=== Backend ===
+  * Database
+  * Links to other Backends
+  * Links to storage systems
+      * sends instructions to storage systems
+        * is the requested file locally available?
+            * yes => provide link
+            * no => instruct storage system to download it via torrent, provide link
+      * knows how much storage is available at every system
+      * select a suitable storage system for downloading files
+      * knows at what storage system each file is stored
+== Database ==
+  * file name
+  * magnet link
+    * can be used for identification, but it's SHA1, so broken
+  * metadata
+      * title
+      * language
+      * author
+      * tags
+      * "Channels", "Subchannels", "Metachannels"
+      * etc.
+=== Frontend ===
+  * Webinterface
+  * API
+  * search engine
+  * reading in browser
+  * converting to other formats (like calibre does)
+  * queries backend and provides download links to storage
+  * Administration
+  * User accounts
+    * users can generate downstream-links to there own backend
+    * trusted users can edit the database and provide new files
+    * bookmarks
+    * RSS
+    * personal dashboard
+    * social networking
+=== Storage ===
+  * multiple storage systems per backend
+  * provides files via http(s) and torrent
+  * receives instructions from backend to download files via torrent
+  * when storage is full: