Read the following article on resource discovery From Static to Dynamic Surrogates Resource Discovery in the Digital Age written by Carl Lagoze. This article implies that as we move further into the 21st century, our techniques for discovering content are going to have to change from a static surrogate model, to a model better suited for dynamic content retrieval.

After reading the article, reflect on whether this matches your own expectations and views for resource discovery on the web.

• Have dynamic surrogates become a new standard for content discovery in general, or are they limited to very specific types of resources?
• Do you agree this has sparked a new paradigm of content presentation in this century?
• What do you see as the pros and cons of this model?
• Do you feel that any new patterns or models have begun to emerge as we have become a society that relies heavily on mobile devices?