Article written to add to the pool of knowledge ob the evolution of the web .
Web 1.0 was “read-only”, Web 2.0 is “read-write”, and Web 3.0 will be “read-write-execute”.[ http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2007/07/web-30-the-dreamer-of-the-vine/]
Web 1.0 can only be described as read only.it was very much in the hands of the specialized web developers and designers .Content was generated by these specialized parties .
Then came along the concept of web 2.0 a term popularized by orielly media which as a natural progression of the web 1.0 .Technologies were/are being developed that enabled the web to become readable and writable.Technologies such as XML,RSS, AJAx just to name a few
The concept of web 2.0 is based on the concepts of collaboration,information sharing and user generated content and as a consequence social networks,web based communities,video sharing ,blog,wikis
Listed below are in my opinion three of the best videos that discuss the origins and concepts of web 2.0
Web 2.0 Introductions
Ethelcofie,
Sramana Mitra (http://www.sramanamitra.com/) has a great section on Web 3.0.
Natasha
Comment by Natasha M. Baker — September 20, 2008 @ 4:22 pm
Thanks Natasha had a good read of the article its quite interesting and i like the way the discussions on web 3.0 are building u p
said article is at http://www.sramanamitra.com/2007/06/28/web-30-the-semantic-web/
Comment by ethelcofie — September 20, 2008 @ 4:45 pm