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LINCKS is object-centered. It does not include the message paradigm for reasons outlined in [PR86].

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Two users take out an object at the same logical time if the object they access has the same state at both accesses, ie. there has been no change in the database involving that object between both accesses.

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General presentation descriptors are objects in the database and have their own GPD to create and change themself.

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For the second prototype, which is in preparation, we envisage to switch to either TCL or Python.

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Using the key and restricting the allowed host seems to give us a reasonable level of security.

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In the second prototype the syntax will be changed and the GPD part will be determined from the context (the path taken to reach the final object).