Design principles of the web

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decentralized
distributed (what is the diff to "decentralzed")
on top of the internet
Test of independent invention
Simplicity
modular (same as ToII?)
tolerance (against what? failure of subsystems?)
asymmetric (404)
client server model (request / response) - note: not the then dominating C/S version, which meant that each client was a client for one server

advantage	disadvantage
		All links would be working all the time.
		The link database would have to scale.
		Control of the entire system would be at one spot.
		we would know and be able to query the backlinks of a document

	In this way the used technology aims to become unique.
	In this way the used technology aims to become universal.
	If two similar systems arise it enables smooth integration with only incremental effort.
	It enables interoperability.
	With the TOII in mind everyone can implement the standards and contribute to the web by running its own web server and link its information

	It saved programming time not to verify links which could be used to develop better web browsers
	It was the reason for the web to scale
	Accepting inconsistency simplifies many problems in distributed systems
	Without it the web could not have build on top of TCP/IP since it is a result of using TCP/IP.

	The domain name system was only able to address computers on the internet. When you want to link information like documents a way of globally addressing files is necessary
	To permanently and uniquely give addresses to files
	To be able to identify every file on every computer all the time.
	To publish a document at the same address independent of the computer and directory it is stored on.

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