Wednesday, April 1, 2009

What consitutes a Web 2.0 site?

A quick summary

It looks like Tim OReilly of OReilly Media, highlighted the concept of Web 2.0 in 2004. Web 2.0 is not another version of the Web, it is simply a concept to describe the new improved way that software developers and users interact on the web, using it like a platform. In other words, developing a Web 2.0 site is the 'ideal', and understanding and including elements that make up this kind of site, is the goal.

It looks like some of those elements are
  • users can use software applications that run through a browser

  • user participation- users can customize information on the browser and add value to the browser

  • often use an Ajax user friendly interface or client-server application frameworks that provide rich user experience

  • dynamic content allowing scalability

  • metadata (data about data)

Some features of these websites are:

  • Search Functions

  • Links to related areas

  • Iterative (editing content), or cumulative (additive) authoring features for users

  • Tags (to assist searching)

  • Automation of some of the work

  • RSS Really Simple Syndication - emails changes to users

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