Web 2.0 is a movement in web development which has a focus on end-user content generation and collaboration. The term also describes an environment in which data is continually contributed, consumed and re-linked across websites due to a new categorisation system known as folksonomy. Folksonomy is a system of content tagging, where the user defines how their content will be categorised instead of being pidgeonholed into categories already predefined by the website – the tag system on this blog is an example of this folksonomy. Tim Berners-Lee has noted that there is not a notable difference between Web 1.0 and 2.0 – that the architecture and potential has always been there from the beginning, and that the connectivity of Web 2.0 is what the World Wide Web was always meant to be. Undoubtedly, Web 2.0 is powered by people, where every person is as important as everybody else on the internet, both in providing content and in deciding which Web 2.0 ventures will be successful through word-of-mouth.
References:
Anderson, Nate. "Tim Berners-Lee on Web 2.0: "nobody even knows what it means"." Ars Technica. 11 March 2009. [ http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2006/09/7650.ars ]
O'Reilly, Tim. "What is Web 2.0?". O'Reilly Media. 11 March 2009. [ http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html?page=1 ]
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