Internet is universal delivery infrastructure |
XML is universal data structure (or object serialization mechanism) |
Java is universal programming language |
Distributed Objects are basic electronic building blocks |
Jini is universal mechanism for registration and look up of distributed objects |
Databases are useful way of persistently storing and managing objects |
Pagers/PalmTops/Cell Phones/PC's render objects |
W3C DOM describes Web Pages -- the universal view of all objects |
Messages or Events link objects together (Java programs this producing information in XML format) |