Architectural Principles -- Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Here is one of the introductory slides I gave in a recent project proposal presentation.

These are the principles that have made the Internet and the Web successful, and which I think are also important for my proposed project.

Architectural Principles

• Simplicity
  • “Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler” (Einstein)
• Robustness
  • “Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others” (Postel, TCP Spec)
• Decentralization
  • “Single common point[s] … limit the way the system scales, and produce … single point of complete failure.” (Berners-Lee, Axioms of Web Architecture)