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High-level Web Requirements
(Fielding & Berners-Lee's motivation)



  • Low entry-barrier
    • Hypermedia User Interface
    • Simple protocols for authoring and data transfer
    • Extensibility
  • Multiple organizational boundaries
    • Anarchic scalability
    • Heterogeneous platforms
    • Gradual and fragmented change (deployment)
  • Distributed Hypermedia System
    • Efficient for large data transfers
    • Sensitive to user-perceived latency
    • Capable of disconnected operation