(De)Centralization
Aggregation of all (or even much) of this data into a central repository won’t work.
- In some countries, there are laws and policies that forbid it
- Also some good technical reasons.
- Besides, isn’t part of “internet”-working about decentralization?
A centralized view or “one-stop-shopping” really helps usability.
Context-free Search Continuation References (referrals) solve only part of the problem.
- Good for lookups. Limited for searches.
Common Indexing Protocol could help searches.
- Referrals are context-sensitive.
- Aggregates the hints, not the data.
- What level of obfuscation is acceptable?