The Web of Applications
The web has been extremely successful. Web1 is a web of HTML pages, some broken, but mostly useful and robust. Web2 seems to be at least about a web of blogs, linked by permlinks. Web3 may be about a web of applications.
Result of webservices may be cached. The web of applications is the biggest implementation of Forward Propagation Model (otherwise known as dependency caching). One common feature of these 3 generations of web is the units are all small, can be created by mere mortals and yet number in millions.
The user model of web of applications should be very simple. It's like the tip of the iceberg. Users don't see and don't care about the foundation underneath it. And Cornerstone is the foundation.
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| Web1 | Web2 | Web3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| web of | HTML pages | blogs | applications |
| link | URL | URL, permlink | URL, permlink, REST style webservice (optionally looked up through a service) |
| data type | content | content | data |
| unit | page | blog | (small) application |
Result of webservices may be cached. The web of applications is the biggest implementation of Forward Propagation Model (otherwise known as dependency caching). One common feature of these 3 generations of web is the units are all small, can be created by mere mortals and yet number in millions.
The user model of web of applications should be very simple. It's like the tip of the iceberg. Users don't see and don't care about the foundation underneath it. And Cornerstone is the foundation.
posted by Jun at 7:33 PM
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