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<h3>3.13 Unknown Cards</h3>

<p>If either the client or the server sees a card that is not
described above, then it generates an error and aborts.</p>

<h2>4.0 Phantoms And Clusters</h2>

<p>When a repository knows that a artifact exists and knows the ID of
<p>When a repository knows that an artifact exists and knows the ID of
that artifact, but it does not know the artifact content, then it stores that
artifact as a "phantom".  A repository will typically create a phantom when
it receives an igot card for a artifact that it does not hold or when it
it receives an igot card for an artifact that it does not hold or when it
receives a file card that references a delta source that it does not
hold.  When a server is generating its reply or when a client is
generating a new request, it will usually send gimme cards for every
phantom that it holds.</p>

<p>A cluster is a special artifact that tells of the existence of other
artifacts.  Any artifact in the repository that follows the syntactic rules
of a cluster is considered a cluster.</p>

<p>A cluster is line oriented.  Each line of a cluster
is a card.  The cards are separated by the newline ("\n") character.
Each card consists of a single character card type, a space, and a
single argument.  No extra whitespace and no trailing or leading
whitespace is allowed.  All cards in the cluster must occur in
strict lexicographical order.</p>

<p>A cluster consists of one or more "M" cards followed by a single
"Z" card.  Each M card holds an argument which is a artifact ID for an
"Z" card.  Each M card holds an argument which is an artifact ID for an
artifact in the repository.  The Z card has a single argument which is the
lower-case hexadecimal representation of the MD5 checksum of all
preceding M cards up to and included the newline character that
occurred just before the Z that starts the Z card.</p>

<p>Any artifact that does not match the specifications of a cluster
exactly is not a cluster.  There must be no extra whitespace in