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Originally conceived as a “network of hosts”, the Internet is evolving into an Internet of services, an Internet of media, an Internet of people and an Internet of “things”. This implies a strategic shift from “host-centric” to “content-centric” and “data-centric” networking.
Against this background, CONVERGENCE proposes to enhance the Internet with a novel, content-centric, publish-subscribe service model, based on the Versatile Digital Item (VDI): a common container for all kind of digital content, derived from the MPEG21 standard.
The project successfully passed the final technical review on 10-05-13.