Web Publishing 2.0

Abstract

This article talks about Web 2.0. The term Web 2.0 was created by Dale Dougherty, vice president for technology publisher O'Reilly Media Inc., because it does capture the widespread sense that there is something qualitatively different about today's Web. Web 2.0 is a philosophy of how the Web is developing and should continue to be developed in the future. One part of this thinking is based on the complexity of the technological requirements necessary for the Web's continued evolution; the other centers on examining bow people are electing to use the technology available to them. Web 2.0 is driven by publishing content, not building pages or sites. This content is more likely to be dependent upon software, with the creator needing to know little about the technological underpinning. Some technologies we know, such as blogs, wikis, and podcasting, but these are mere starting points to Web 2.0.