Harlow~Glossary


 * Glossary of terms and definitions about Web 2.0 **

** Blogs ** [| (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog)] The literal meaning of blog is a blend of the term web log. A blog is a type of website or part of a website which are maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video, created per the discretion of the individual.

** Folksonomies ** [|(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folksonomies)] Folksonomy is a term coined by Thomas Vander Wal and is a pormanteau of folks and taxonomy. Folksonomy is a system of classification created by the practice of collaboratively creating and managing tags to annotate and categorize content online. This is also known as collaborative tagging, social classification, social indexing, and social tagging. Tagging, which is one of the defining characteristics of Web 2.0 services, allows users to collectively classify and find information. Some websites include tag clouds as a way to visualize tags in a folksonomy.

** Mashups ** [|(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup)] In web development, a mashup is a web page or application that uses and combines data, presentation or functionality from two or more sources to create new services. The main characteristics of the mashup are combination, visualization, and aggregation. Mashup is important to make existing data more useful, moreover for personal and professional use.

** Podcasting ** [|(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting)] A podcast (or non- streamed webcast ) is a series of digital media files (either audio or video ) that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication.

** Rich Internet Application (RIA) ** [| (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0)] It defines the experience brought from desktop to browser whether it is from a graphical point of view or usability point of view. Some buzz words related to RIA are AJAX and Flash.

** RSS ** [|(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS)] RSS (most commonly expanded as Really Simple Syndication) is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format

** Service-oriented Architecture (SOA) ** [|(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0)] It is a key piece in Web 2.0 which defines 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 (Examples are: Feeds, RSS, Web Services, Mash-ups).

** Social bookmarking ** [|(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bookmarking)] Social bookmarking is a method for Internet users to organize, store, manage and search for bookmarks of resources online.

** Social networking ** [|(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networking)] A social network service is an online service, platform, or site that focuses on building and reflecting of social networks or social relations among people, e.g., who share interests and/or activities. A social network service essentially consists of a representation of each user (often a profile), his/her social links, and a variety of additional services.

** Video sharing sites ** [|(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_sharing)] A video hosting service allows individuals to upload video clips to an Internet website.

** Web Applications ** ([]) A web application is an application that is accessed over a network such as the Internet or an intranet. The term may also mean a computer software application that is hosted in a browser-controlled environment (e.g. a Java applet) or coded in a browser-supported language (such as JavaScript, combined with a browser-rendered markup language like HTML) and reliant on a common web browser to render the application executable.

** Wikis ** [|(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki)] A wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used to create collaborative works. Examples include community websites, corporate intranets, knowledge management systems, and note services.