proper

adj 1: marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness;

"proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" [ant: {improper}]

2: limited to the thing specified; "the city proper"; "his

claim is connected with the deed proper" [syn: {proper(ip)}]

3: appropriate for a condition or occasion; "everything in its

proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not

suitable for the position" [syn: {right}, {suitable}]

4: having all the qualities typical of the thing specified;

"wanted a proper dinner; not just a snack"; "he finally

has a proper job" [syn: {proper(a)}]

Prospero

A tool for organising {Internet} resources. Prospero allows

each user to organise the contents of remote file servers into

his own virtual file system with his own hierarchical name

space consisting of links to remote objects. Remote indexing

services are made available by treating the results as a

virtual directory. A "union link" allows the contents of the

link's target directory to appear as part of the directory

containing the link. Arbitrary filters can be associated with

links to modify the representation of the target directory as

desired. Prospero directories can be shared between users.

The Prospero protocol is used for communication between

clients and servers in the archie system.

A prototype of Prospero has been available since December

1990. It interfaces with Sun {NFS}, the {Andrew File System}

and {FTP} (with local caching) and {Archie}. Support for

{World-Wide Web} and {WAIS} is planned (1992).

E-mail: .

{(ftp://prospero.isi.edu/pub/prospero)}.