Hanley-definition


 * //What is Web 2.0?//**

"The term "**Web 2.0**" (2004–present) is commonly associated with web applications that facilitate interactive [|information sharing], [|interoperability], [|user-centered design],[|[1]] and [|collaboration] on the [|World Wide Web]. Examples of Web 2.0 include web-based communities, [|hosted services], [|web applications], [|social-networking sites], [|video-sharing sites], [|wikis], [|blogs], [|mashups], and [|folksonomies]. A Web 2.0 site allows its users to interact with other users or to change website [|content], in contrast to non-interactive websites where users are limited to the passive viewing of information that is provided to them." (wikepedia.org)

blog: an online journal that can be shared with others, either through commenting or collaboration.

wiki: a web site that uses wiki software. Wikis often use interconnected and linked pages, and are often used as a collaborative project.

video-sharing sites: sites such as YouTube and TeacherTube, that allow users to upload, downlaod, and stream video.

social networking sites: online communities of people that share interests, activities, or other things in common. Users connect with others on the site to share information, media, and more. Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, an LinkedIn are popular sites.

aggregator: Gathering information from multiple web sites, typically via RSS. Aggregation lets web sites remix the information from multiple web sites, for example by republishing all the news related to a particular keyword

mashup: A web service or software tool that combines two or more tools to create a whole new service. A leading example is ChicagoCrime, which merges Google Maps with the Chicago police department's crime tracking web site to offer a map of crime in different parts of Chicago.

podcast: An audio blog, typically updated weekly or daily. You don't have to have an ipod to listen to a podcast; although you can download podcasts to an ipod, you can also listen to podcasts on a desktop computer, or many other mp3 players.

tags: Keywords that describe the content of a web site, bookmark, photo or blog post. You can assign multiple tags to the same online resource, and different people can assign different tags to the same resource. Tag-enabled web services include social bookmarking sites (like del.icio.us), photo sharing sites (like Flickr) and blog tracking sites (like Technorati). Tags provide a useful way of organizing, retrieving and discovering information.

social bookmarking: The collaborative equivalent of storing favorites or bookmarks within a web browser, social bookmarking services (like del.icio.us or Furl) let people store their favourite web sites online. Social bookmarking services also let people share their favourite web sites with other people, making them a great way to discover new sites or colleagues who share your interests.

tags: Keywords that describe the content of a web site, bookmark, photo or blog post. You can assign multiple tags to the same online resource, and different people can assign different tags to the same resource. Tag-enabled web services include social bookmarking sites (like del.icio.us), photo sharing sites (like Flickr) and blog tracking sites (like Technorati). Tags provide a useful way of organizing, retrieving and discovering information.