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The User as a Service

The User as a Service

José C. Delgado
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781466602038|ISBN10: 1466602031|EISBN13: 9781466602045
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0203-8.ch003
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Delgado, José C. "The User as a Service." Technologies and Protocols for the Future of Internet Design: Reinventing the Web, edited by Deo Prakash Vidyarthi, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 37-59. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0203-8.ch003

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Delgado, J. C. (2012). The User as a Service. In D. Prakash Vidyarthi (Ed.), Technologies and Protocols for the Future of Internet Design: Reinventing the Web (pp. 37-59). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0203-8.ch003

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Delgado, José C. "The User as a Service." In Technologies and Protocols for the Future of Internet Design: Reinventing the Web, edited by Deo Prakash Vidyarthi, 37-59. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0203-8.ch003

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Abstract

The Web has changed a lot since its inception, 20 years ago, now offering dynamic information and services. The users have also evolved and are no longer mere information consumers, but rather active producers. This calls for a paradigm shift, with the user at the center of the information, service, and collaboration networks, taking the role of active services (able to respond to requests), in equal terms with current service providers. This leads to a unified user model, in which both individual and institutional entities are users and providers, although with different emphasis. To support this approach, the authors present a new Web access device, the browserver, which includes a browser and a server working in close cooperation, with the goal of replacing the classical browser but being backwards compatible with it to ease the migration path. The authors show how it can be implemented and its advantages in the case of typical applications.

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