DBWeb, An Alternative To The World Wide Web

Online, February 24, 2011 (Newswire.com) - DBWeb is a totally new kind of World Wide Web. No more HTML or HTTP. A DBWeb page is simply a window into which you place the objects your operating system is equipped with, such as labels, picture boxes, text boxes, video windows, and data grids. There is even a web browser you can put on any page to show a WWW page. All the information needed to recreate your page as it was designed is stored in records in database tables.

The new web only exists as a primitive prototype and the 5.8 MB installation package can be downloaded from WWW.TheDBWeb.org. DBWeb currently works only on Windows XP SP3 or later operating systems.

Despite its present primitive state, DBWeb has some advantages over the World Wide Web. One advantage is that the browser is also the editor, so DBWeb right from the gate achieves something that has eluded the WWW - DBWeb is fully read-write. And it is easy to learn and use.

Of course, it would be complete anarchy if everyone could read and write to any web site. DBWeb, however, allows the creator of a web site to completely secure the site with a user name and password so that no one else can read or write to it, or make it completely un secure by allowing everyone to read and write to it. And in between these two extremes, you can specify what users can see and what they can edit. DBWeb currently recognizes five roles a user can be assigned to - reader, participant, host, editor, and administrator. Because DBWeb is based on databases, it therefore inherits the fine tuned granularity of read and write permission that users can be permitted. For example, you can allow a certain user to edit just the text in one text box on a page, but nothing else in the entire web site. And you make this happen with just the browser-editor.

DBWebs integrate seamlessly with existing world wide web pages. You can link to them from text in text boxes and labels and entries in combo and list boxes. A DBWeb can be a powerful world wide web research tool. A DBWeb can also link you to any program or file on your local computer, local area network, or to WWW or DBWeb pages on an intranet or on the internet. Thus, one or more DBWeb can be used as your interface to your entire digital universe.

DBWeb allows for a great deal of participation and collaboration between users for preparing and discussing web content. Every DBWeb has a built-in messaging service and message between users are stored right in the DBWeb itself. Users can also upload documents and address them to specific users. They can also create public or private chat or moderated meetings. And a complete record of the dialog is stored in the DBWeb. Users can also make their own personal annotations to content in any text box and even ask questions of the editor(s). DBWebs even have a built-in testing service so you can create tests and quizzes. Test results are securely stored in the DBWeb itself and users can only view their own test scores.

A DBWeb site is a single database file consisting of multiple pages. It can be emailed to others or distributed on USB drives. And if you have made a nice DBWeb on your personal computer and want to share it with others, it is easy to convert it and scale up to world wide accessibility via the internet.

DBWeb represents a major paradigm shift and may be the next generation web.

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