Monday, September 26, 2005
New technology aims to making academic file sharing easier (phillyBurbs.com): "By GENARO C. ARMAS
The Associated Press
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - An academic Napster? A souped-up Google for educators?
Not quite, but the creators of 'LionShare' say the new technology could make it easier for educators and researchers to quickly share or search for large academic and scientific files with peers or other institutions.
LionShare uses a secure, private 'peer-to-peer' network for faculty, researchers and students to share photos, research, class materials and other types of information that may be not be easily accessible through current technology, said Mike Halm, director of the LionShare project at Penn State University.
'It's a lot more than academic Napster,' said Halm, who spoke about the project at a meeting in Philadelphia on Tuesday of the Internet2 consortium...
..."Peer-to-peer" essentially means exchanging files between certain computers. Repositories are virtual warehouses where research databases, photos or other large files can be stored.
A researcher looking for data in most cases would need to search each repository separately, which could be very time-consuming. Depending on what the researcher is looking for, it may also difficult to download large data sets or video of, for instance, a deep-sea expedition.
LionShare uses new technology to combine peer-to-peer and repository searching into a single search, "like Google-searching the Internet," Halm said. The technology is supposed to officially emerge from testing and into general use on Sept. 30..."
The Associated Press
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - An academic Napster? A souped-up Google for educators?
Not quite, but the creators of 'LionShare' say the new technology could make it easier for educators and researchers to quickly share or search for large academic and scientific files with peers or other institutions.
LionShare uses a secure, private 'peer-to-peer' network for faculty, researchers and students to share photos, research, class materials and other types of information that may be not be easily accessible through current technology, said Mike Halm, director of the LionShare project at Penn State University.
'It's a lot more than academic Napster,' said Halm, who spoke about the project at a meeting in Philadelphia on Tuesday of the Internet2 consortium...
..."Peer-to-peer" essentially means exchanging files between certain computers. Repositories are virtual warehouses where research databases, photos or other large files can be stored.
A researcher looking for data in most cases would need to search each repository separately, which could be very time-consuming. Depending on what the researcher is looking for, it may also difficult to download large data sets or video of, for instance, a deep-sea expedition.
LionShare uses new technology to combine peer-to-peer and repository searching into a single search, "like Google-searching the Internet," Halm said. The technology is supposed to officially emerge from testing and into general use on Sept. 30..."
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