Hi Gemini List, Has anyone thought about, or implemented, archiving of Gemini content/traffic? WARC (Web ARChive)? is a standard format used for web archiving. It uses text headers for metadata like in HTTP and email. It looks to me like WARC could be adapted for Gemini. The WARC spec supports multiple URI schemes, although it doesn't specify any other than http/https, ftp, and dns?. Bespoke formats could also be used, of course, or just downloading files wget-style, but using a standard format could allow for interop with "the WARC ecosystem"?. Archive Team? has also worked on archiving non-HTTP protocols like FTP? and Gopher?. I think there is an opportunity for people to maintain high-quality archives of Gemini content, like what the Internet Archive? and archive.today? do for the HTTP(S) Web. Now is a good time to start, while many of the original Gemini hosts? are still online. Regards, Charles E. Lehner ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_ARChive ? https://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/war c-1.1/#ftp-scheme ? https://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=The_WARC_Ecosystem ? https://www.archiveteam.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive_Team ? https://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=FTP ? https://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Gopher ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive https://archive.org/ ? https://archive.today https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive.today ? gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/servers/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 833 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/attachments/20200901/9166 93f1/attachment.sig>
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