A Data Model of the Internet Social Environment

Abstract

In the chapter, there was made a conceptual chart of the Internet social environment platform. It was developed the following models: a data model, a service model, a navigation model, a presentation model, and a visual model. The Internet social environment platform’s data was divided into four groups according to such categories: content, frequency of changes, distribution statues, and owner. In the chapter, the process of data transformation from a visual model till a data model was analyzed. It was also highlighted key nodes page of the users platform and made their detailed analysis. The basic principles of formation and preservation of nodes of these platforms are analyzed. A comparative analysis of the presence of key nodes of the most common virtual community’s platforms has been made. The Internet social environment, which is most suitable for the analysis, is established.