Round 2: Objects and abstractions

A variety of abstractions was presented, all intended to facilitate the development of Web applications. Bernard Lang  [V6] presented the filter composition model underlying the V6 engine, which in a sense eliminates the need for explicit APIs. Mike Spreitzer  [DOOWWW] discussed a language-independent mechanism for the realization of Web applications employing distrubuted object  [ILU]. Finally, Richard Connor  [HIPPO] explored the idea of using persistent objects.