Exactly 20 years ago, scientists at CERN developed a "group work tool" called WEB into a global information space with more than billions of users. With time, it has entered a new phase which is more social and participatory. Web has entered its second phase- a new, improved Web version 2.0.
· Data consumption and remixing from all sources including user generated data
· Continuous update
· Rich and interactive UI
· Architecture of participation
Tim Berners-Lee the creator of World Wide Web maintains that Web 2.0 is really just an extension of the original ideals of the Web that does not warrant a special moniker. Web 2.0 is associated with web applications that deals with the services like:
· Dynamic content
· Power decentralization- It is self service model.
· Web as a platform- It doesn't require a client download condition. No matter what operation system you use, it doesn't hamper web2.0 applications.
However, its specialty lies in the technology of interactivity. In a Prosumer model, producer and consumer both have equal say and importance in a virtual community. The concept of Folksonomy (Folk + Taxsonomy) is often used in social networking for example in facebook as photo tagging.
Web 1.0 was all about connectivity, while Web 2.0 is a piece of jargon which doesn't have any fixed definition but it is supposed to be relationship of people to people and the importance of user ownership of data.
References:
1) Class Presentation by Dr. Gavin Stewart in Uni of Beds.
2) Kidd, T. T. & Chen, I. L. (Eds.) (2009). Wired for learning: an educator's guide to web 2.0. USA: Information Age Publishing Inc.
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