<s>
OpenAutonomy	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
protocol	O
facilitating	O
decentralized	O
social	O
networking	O
and	O
other	O
web	B-Application
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
interoperate	O
across	O
different	O
internet	B-Application
servers	I-Application
and	O
domains	O
with	O
no	O
central	O
mediating	O
authority	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
,	O
each	O
user	O
can	O
also	O
possess	O
application	O
instances	O
running	O
on	O
different	O
internet	B-Application
servers	I-Application
and	O
domains	O
yet	O
still	O
interacting	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
across	O
these	O
boundaries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
intent	O
of	O
the	O
technology	O
and	O
its	O
users	O
is	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
distributed	O
,	O
federated	O
,	O
extensible	O
web	B-Application
platform	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
the	O
current	O
"	O
walled	O
garden	O
"	O
approach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
is	O
to	O
break	O
the	O
boundaries	O
between	O
services/servers	O
and	O
web/native	O
and	O
allowing	O
everything	O
to	O
inter-operate	O
with	O
an	O
emphasis	O
on	O
:	O
extensibility	O
,	O
innovation	O
,	O
privacy	O
,	O
and	O
freedom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenAutonomy	B-Algorithm
currently	O
has	O
innate	O
applications	O
which	O
lend	O
themselves	O
to	O
several	O
use-cases	O
where	O
users	O
are	O
in	O
full	O
control	O
of	O
their	O
content	O
with	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
trust	O
groups	O
:	O
a	O
social	O
networking	O
application	O
,	O
an	O
event	O
application	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
announce	O
events	O
and	O
add	O
photos	O
from	O
those	O
events	O
which	O
can	O
then	O
be	O
shared	O
,	O
a	O
personal	O
cloud	O
storage	O
location	O
with	O
the	O
option	O
of	O
file	O
collaboration	O
,	O
a	O
messaging	O
system	O
to	O
message	O
other	O
users	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
add	O
personal	O
and	O
general	O
RSS	O
feeds	O
catering	O
to	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
own	O
interests	O
from	O
anywhere	O
on	O
the	O
web	B-Application
for	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
own	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
potentially	O
collaborative	O
shared	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
OpenAutonomy	B-Algorithm
user	O
base	O
is	O
distributed	O
across	O
multiple	O
internet	O
domains	O
,	O
a	O
federated	O
login	O
system	O
is	O
provided	O
to	O
allow	O
these	O
users	O
to	O
interact	O
as	O
first-class	O
entities	O
on	O
any	O
OpenAutonomy	B-Algorithm
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anyone	O
can	O
run	O
an	O
OpenAutonomy	B-Algorithm
server	O
or	O
extend	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
existing	O
servers	O
and	O
applications	O
by	O
defining	O
their	O
own	O
application	O
protocols	O
.	O
</s>
