Decentralization: peer-to-peer architecture
- Internet was born as a peer-to-peer system
- Present day peer-to-peer applications in internet:
- communication among machines
- machines share resources
- no privileged or special purpose nodes
- Sometimes hybrid architecture (e.g. DNS)
- What about central knowledge repositories?
- long lasting process
- differences in culture, traditions, approaches, ...
- Using Web and W3C technologies can help
