Web Evolution - The Shift from Information Publishing to Reasoning

Abstract

The Web, as communication channel, has had variety of development that allows information to be published and accessed in a scaleable approach. With the revolution of the information, some research studies have conducted to boost the present situation and propose advance version of the Web. Therefore, it is important to look into the new version of the Web in order to improve the way that information is expressed, to make more intelligent choices and to obtain a better meaning of the information over the Web. That is, future web would require specific architecture in order to support the extracting of better meaning or "reasoning". With Web 1.0 and Web 2.0, the current information over the Web is not understandable for the machines. Understanding is big shift for wide open door for innovatoion and reasoning. In this work, we research the progress of the Web from Web 1.0, Web 2.0, Web 3.0, Web 4.0, to Web 5.0. We are pointing out document types and technologies employed to understand the changes from Web 1.0 to Web 3.0 and to predicate the future of the Web (Web 4.0 and Web 5.0). Also, we present the current status and concerns about the Web as an information source and communication channel.