[Webfunds-commits] html/guide ricardian.html swaperoo.html Makefile index.html
Ian Grigg
iang@cypherpunks.ai
Wed, 7 Jun 2000 18:04:05 -0400 (AST)
iang 00/06/07 18:04:05
Modified: guide Makefile index.html
Added: guide ricardian.html swaperoo.html
Log:
Added two new links/notes pages, one for the SWAPEROO wallet,
which is a defunct competitor done by a uni in the US, and
another for Ricardian Contracts, which are a core part of
WebFunds, defining the value axis.
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</li><p><li>
<a href="access.html">Download the Access Packages</a>.
</li><p><li>
- <a href="mailgroup.html">Mailgroup</a>.
+ <a href="mailgroup.html">Mailgroup</a>. Please join.
</li><p><li>
+ Links to <a href="ricardian.html">Ricardian Contracts</a> doco.
+ </li><p><li>
<a href="token.html">How to add Token Money to WebFunds</a>.
+ </li><p><li>
+ Some <a href="../v12/index.html">old doco</a> on V1/2
</li><p><li>
- some <a href="../v12/index.html">old doco</a> on V1/2
+ Sotes on <a href="swaperoo.html">SWAPEROO</a>, a 1998
+ project similar to WebFunds.
</li></ul>
<h1>How To ...</h1>
1.1 html/guide/ricardian.html
Index: ricardian.html
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<html><head>
<title>Ricardian Contracts</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1> Ricardian Contracts </h1>
<p>
These contracts are the core idea behind the "value" axis
managed by WebFunds. They are pervasive, being at the
WebFunds level, not the Wallet level, and their architectural
position within WebFunds is a strong statement as to their
suitability to describe value even within wallets that have
yet to be seen or incorporated.
</p>
<p>
Documentation is a little scattered. Here's some from the
various Systemics' sources:
</p>
<ol><li>
<a href="http://www.iang.org/papers/universal_value.html">
Universal Value</a>
is a WIP on the nature of value within the FC domain.
</li><p></p><li>
<a href="http://www.systemics.com/docs/ricardo/issuer/contract.html">
definition of formats</a>
describes the detail content of the current generation
of contracts.
</li><p></p><li>
<a href="http://www.systemics.com/docs/ricardo/issuer/FAQ.html#contract">
issuance documentation</a>
describes the role of a contract within an issued instrument
such as a currency. Read that section, but also
skim the rest of the document.
</li><p></p><li>
<a href="http://www.iang.org/papers/fc7.html">
FC in 7 layers</a>
is a broad, sweeping architectural model that in one tiny
section, discusses how contracts fit into the whole FC context.
Read the full paper quickly, and concentrate on the (small)
Static Governance section, about half way down.
</li></ol>
</body></html>
1.1 html/guide/swaperoo.html
Index: swaperoo.html
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<html><head>
<title>SWAPEROO</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1> SWAPEROO </h1>
<p>
SWAPEROO is a now-defunct academic exercise to write a highly
flexible wallet. It has a lot of high level documentation,
but the code never got out of technology demonstrator phase.
</p>
<p>
Their terminology uses Instrument as we would use Contract
or Wallet. To them, a Wallet is what we would call WebFunds,
an application you can plug multiple "instruments" into, each
handling different payment classes or technologies. I'm not
sure on the precise difference...
</p>
<p>
In this, it seems that the Instrument is similar to the use
by Intertrader.
</p>
<p>
Latest status is that RAH was digging out the code. Unknown
licence.
</p>
<p>
Check out the project doco:
<a href="http://www-db.stanford.edu/~daswani/wallets/">
Digital Wallets Project Home Page </a>
and
<a href="http://www-db.stanford.edu/~daswani/wallets/docs/packages.html">
Javadoc </a>
and
<a href="http://www-diglib.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/get/SIDL-WP-1998-0092">
Original Paper </a> for 3rd USENIX Workshop on Electronic Commerce,
November 1998.
</p>
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