Thursday, February 14, 2008

Web 2.0 FAQ

Web 2.0 frequently asked questions

Q. What is the Semantic Web?

A. Semantic technologies often promote Web 2.0 sites. The Semantic Web enables users to create files explaining relationships between data sets. This technology allows for greater data integration and helps users classify and categorize information. Many also use the term “digital library” to identify these types of sites and this technology. It is the platform from which social bookmarking and other taxonomy type or categorical sites are created from.

Q. What is tagging?

A. Tagging is a way users can classify or organize and categorize data, and is common on many sites including social bookmarking sites and folksonomies. How it works is users attach tags to data items like web pages, their blog entries or even photographs they want classified and categorized.

Q. I still do not fully understand Web 2.0. Can you expand?

Q. How can I learn more about this exciting new technology?

Q. What is RSS?

Q. If Web 2.0 isn’t new, who cares?

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