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@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ change to it counts on a node as soon as it has reached it.
sees the keys on the way to what it may read, as a directory one may pass through
but not list (a capability on `servers/eu` shows `servers` with `eu` alone in it),
and nothing else; a list on the way is left out whole, as its items have no paths of
- their own. Native forms (`text/plain` of a map, a counter as its own type) only of
+ their own. A shallow read (`?shallow=true`) shows such a map as a map and no more (no
+ size), and nothing beside the way: a scalar at a `*` no capability covers stays
+ hidden. Native forms (`text/plain` of a map, a counter as its own type) only of
what it may read whole. What a write answers with is what was written. A stream
shows what the user could read when it opened.
* **Protocol data** is in the store too, under `_continuum`: `read` and `write` on it