56. A method for providing a digital address card service through an Internet based network which has a plurality of registered users, wherein each of said users is either or both of a publisher to publish his information to others and a subscriber to subscribe a published address card from others, said method comprising the steps of: a publisher configuring an address card, said address card having multiple views, each of said views being associated with a different label which, when being clicked, brings said associated view to the front of screen; designating a sharing relationship to one or more groups of subscribers; defining a period of time after which a publish offer lapses; and publishing said address card to a number of selected subscribers based on designated sharing relationships; wherein a subscriber of said publisher's address card can edit published information in a local copy of said address card, said edited published information being overwritten by any update published by said publisher based on an on-going subscription; wherein when said publisher chooses to publish to a recipient who is not a registered member of said Internet based network, sending a notification along with an image of said publisher's address card to said recipient via e-mail, said notification comprising a first link which enables said recipient to subscribe future modifications of said publisher's address and wherein each of said views has metadata describing sharing styles, as well as version, creation date and size, wherein each sharing style corresponds to a specific sharing relationship of the publisher.
59. The method of claim 56 , wherein each of said views can be published separately or in combination with any other one or more of said views.