Web 2.0
Recently, I've been asked: "what's web 2.0"?
Long story short, Web 2.0 isn't some kind of techonology or standard, you don't need a new web browser to view web 2.0 "compatible" web sites nor there is some validation process for it such as w3cmarkup validity of Web documents in HTML, XHTML, SMIL, MathML, etc.
It's a way to develop web sites where you can take the current web technology (service oriented applications), apply some best pratices in design (for instance ,content & structure separation through CSS on HTML) so you can provide services which are used by community members to share information and/or collaborate.
How collaboration does happen? well, it's about when you share some video at youtube, or a document at google docs, when you add some friend at my space and then write some comment about one of her/his photos and so on.
There isn't a formal method which you can evaluate if a web site is web 2.0 compliant and you don't need to, but if you want to distinguish between what is 2.0 or not you can check:
Finally, Web 2.0 does not represent a new version of the World Wide Web at all, but It does can change the view of how projects can be accomplished and the goals of new businesses.
Plus, and additional source which I consider provide further information about the benefits of this new trend.
Long story short, Web 2.0 isn't some kind of techonology or standard, you don't need a new web browser to view web 2.0 "compatible" web sites nor there is some validation process for it such as w3cmarkup validity of Web documents in HTML, XHTML, SMIL, MathML, etc.
It's a way to develop web sites where you can take the current web technology (service oriented applications), apply some best pratices in design (for instance ,content & structure separation through CSS on HTML) so you can provide services which are used by community members to share information and/or collaborate.
How collaboration does happen? well, it's about when you share some video at youtube, or a document at google docs, when you add some friend at my space and then write some comment about one of her/his photos and so on.
There isn't a formal method which you can evaluate if a web site is web 2.0 compliant and you don't need to, but if you want to distinguish between what is 2.0 or not you can check:
- Is there a community?
- How can they collaborate?
- What services does the site provide or what the community does there?
Finally, Web 2.0 does not represent a new version of the World Wide Web at all, but It does can change the view of how projects can be accomplished and the goals of new businesses.
Plus, and additional source which I consider provide further information about the benefits of this new trend.
Labels: google, my space, web 2.0, web applications, you tube
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