Abstract :
Considers how Web services require defining a new meaning for local, in which different kinds of applications operate within different network horizons. Understanding these context horizons, and creating the tools and techniques for managing them, are essential to achieving an Internet-scale operating system. The paper discusses three of the most important: trust horizons, semantic horizons, and coordination horizons.
Keywords :
Internet; distributed object management; information resources; CORBA; Distributed Component Object Model; Internet-scale operating system; Web services; context horizons; coordination horizons; semantic horizons; trust horizons; Application software; Automotive engineering; Context-aware services; Data security; Fasteners; Operating systems; Privacy; Web and internet services; Web services; XML;
