1. A method for processing operations associated with resources on a local network, comprising; receiving periodic messages containing resource information from network devices connected to the local network, wherein the resource information includes user-requestable services offered by the network device, and data stored by the network device having a mime type; storing a timestamp and resource information from each of the messages in a repository; determining from the stored timestamp and resource information which user-requestable services and data having a mime type were available on the network over a predetermined time period; and generating a view of the user-requestable services and data having a mime type that were available on the network over the predetermined period, thereby enabling generation of current, past, and dynamic views of the user-requestable services offered by devices connected to the network and the data having a mime type stored by the devices.