Plex talk for O'Reilly*'s ETCon*. Was rejected with a simple form letter.
==================== Proposal Information ==================== Title: The Plex Project: Decentralized Metadata Search Conference: O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference 2002 Type: Session Duration: 45m Audience Level: Entry Audience Type: developers and users of emergent networks, P2P systems and Web Services, Metadata Distribution, reputations, etc. Preferred Date: Unknown as of yet Description: With the increasing popularity of decentralized systems, it's important to create a system that will take care of some basics for developers, so that they can focus on interesting apps. While people are building innovative file sharing networks, they need a metadata search system to help people find content. While people are creating new Web services, users need to know where to find them. While people are creating community wireless networks, they need to keep track of community reputations. We'll present the problems with current systems, and how the Plex provides a common solution that everyone can use. We'll explain how it works and demonstrate how it can be used to solve common problems in some emerging technologies, as well as open up new opportunities in collaboration and application design. By creating a platform for emergent networks to build on, and having emergent network developers design it, we hope to create a powerful system that can be used in many applications. We'll take a look at how the Plex can expand similarly in the future by supporting a web of trust, file transfer and distributed computing. We'll also discuss the possibility of an emergent technologies consortium to do similar work for other technologies, like open-air wireless nets, and geographic distribution. Finally, we'll ask encourage interested parties to join our open project and help bring it to the next level. Description Short: Do you have a great system, but don't know how to search it? Lots of web services, but no way to find them? Looking for a decentralized platform for the next great application? Come see how the Plex can help your project, and remake the Internet in its original vision
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