Sunday, March 6, 2011

First, what is Web 1.0 and Web 2.0?


Web 1.0 can be defined as:

  • pages and documents
  • linking webpages with hyperlinks
  • static pages
  • retrieve information


Web 2.0 can be defined as:

  • social networking
  • information sharing
  • dynamic user generated content
  • collaboration












Source: http://thepaisano.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/web-20-vs-web-30/

What is Web 3.0?

Web 3.0 aka Semantic Web means many things to different people and communities....


Here are a few definitions of Web 3.0:
  • "a web of data that can be processed directly and indirectly by machines." Tim Berners-Lee
  • web technology platform
  • newest incarnate of artificial intelligence
  • metadata technology for business software
  • open source data (social movement)
  • third major wave of the web
  • giant database in the sky
  • uses new technology to remix, reuse and repurpose data on the web
  • tries to put data into one type of format (making complex data simple)

Characteristics

These are some of the characteristics of the semantic web:

  • ubiquitous networking
  • open everything
  • adaptive information
  • adaptive service clouds
  • federated data
  • simulated intelligence