21. In an Internet based network with 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 shared information from others, a computer readable storage medium encoded with instructions, which when loaded into a digital computational device establishes a system for hosting an address card service comprising: means for a publisher to set up an 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; means for managing said address card, whereby said publisher designates a sharing relationship to one or more groups of subscribers; means for defining a period of time after which a publish offer lapses; means for publishing said address card to a number of selected subscribers based on different sharing relationships; and means for updating local copies of said address card possessed by said subscribers; 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, a notification along with an image of said publisher's address card is sent 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.
27. The computer readable storage medium of claim 21 , wherein said means for setting up an address card further comprising: a virtual button whereby said publisher sets his preferences; and a virtual button whereby said publisher accesses help information.