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Entries from December 2008

Generic Identifiers aka Web Scale Identifiers

December 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The most important aspect of WOA is application neutral interfaces (or as some prefer application generic interfaces). Since interfaces are constituted by their IFaPs (Identifiers, Formats, and Protocols), this means that all three aspects must be made "as generic as possible, but not too generic" (playing off Einstein’s quote regarding simplicity).
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