Web 2.0

Web 2.0 facilitates interactive programs, interoperability, systemic biases, and user-centered design into the development of World Wide Web pages and sites.

Though the term Web 2.0 makes it sound like a newer version of the World Wide Web, it is actually a change in the way that users user the web.

History

• Term coined by Darcy DiNucci in 1999
• Became popular in 2004 after O'Rielly Media and MediaLive host Web 2.0 conference
• Responsible for the 2006 Time Person of the Year (You the user)

Consists of Three Main Parts

1. Rich Internet Application (RIA): the experience brought from desktop to browser whether it is from a graphical point of view or usability point of view (AJAX and Flash)
2. Service-oriented Architecture (SOA): how Web 2.0 applications expose its functionality so that other applications can leverage and integrate the functionality providing a set of much richer applications (RSS, Web Services)
3. Social Web: how Web 2.0 tend to interact much more with the end user and making the end user an integral part