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Microformats are widely used by Web developers to embed semi-structured semantic information (i.e. some level of ‘meaning’) within an XHTML webpage (Khare, 2006). Information based on open data formats (a microformat) is buried within certain XHTML tags (such as ‘class’ or ‘div’) or attributes (such as ‘rel’ or ‘rev’). The information is not used by the browser for display or layout purposes but it can be picked up by applications such as search engines .
An example of a microformat is the ...
An example of a microformat is the ...
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Internet, Web 2.0, Microformats
‘At the heart of REST is the idea that the web works precisely because it uses a small number of verbs applied to a large number of nouns.’
McGrath, 2006.
A further strand in the development of Web technology is the use of what are called lightweight or simplified programming models, which facilitate the creation of loosely coupled systems. This flexibility is a source of debate since, the lightweight ‘ideal’ is often viewed in contrast to the production of more robust Web Services which use w...
McGrath, 2006.
A further strand in the development of Web technology is the use of what are called lightweight or simplified programming models, which facilitate the creation of loosely coupled systems. This flexibility is a source of debate since, the lightweight ‘ideal’ is often viewed in contrast to the production of more robust Web Services which use w...
The delivery of Web 2.0 applications and services has been driven by the widespread adoption of one particular group of technologies which are referred to as Ajax – Asynchronous Javascript + XML – a term first coined by Jesse James Garrett (Johnson, 2005; Garrett, 2005). As a term, Ajax attempts to capture both an approach to working with the Web and the use of a specific range of technologies.
One of the big frustrations for users of traditional HTML-based websites is the time spent waiting fo...
One of the big frustrations for users of traditional HTML-based websites is the time spent waiting fo...
‘The goal? To help us more easily develop the next generation of Web applications that are every bit as good as or better than desktop PC applications.’
Dion Hinchcliffe, blog post, 11th Sept. 2006.
One of the key drivers of the development of Web 2.0 is the emergence of a new generation of Web-related technologies and standards. This has been underpinned by the powerful, though not particularly new, idea of the Web as platform . Whereas in the past, software applications ran on the user’s mac...
Dion Hinchcliffe, blog post, 11th Sept. 2006.
One of the key drivers of the development of Web 2.0 is the emergence of a new generation of Web-related technologies and standards. This has been underpinned by the powerful, though not particularly new, idea of the Web as platform . Whereas in the past, software applications ran on the user’s mac...
Web 2.0 Business Models
Posted December 22, 2009 by Stanley Ojadovwa
These are some of the web 2.0 business models used by big companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Linkedin etc
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