Editing Web 2.0 (section)

{{short description|World Wide Web sites that use technology beyond the static pages of earlier Web sites}}
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[[File:Web 2.0 Map.svg|thumb|300px|A [[tag cloud]] (a typical Web 2.0 phenomenon in itself) presenting Web 2.0 themes]]

'''Web 2.0''' (also known as '''participative''' (or '''participatory''')<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Blank|first1=Grant|last2=Reisdorf|first2=Bianca|date=2012-05-01|title=The Participatory Web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263266131|journal=Information|volume=15|issue=4|pages=537–554|doi=10.1080/1369118X.2012.665935|s2cid=143357345|issn = 1369-118X}}</ref> '''web''' and '''social web''')<ref name=":42">{{Cite news|title=What is Web 1.0? - Definition from Techopedia|language=en|work=Techopedia.com|url=https://www.techopedia.com/definition/27960/web-10|url-status=live|access-date=2018-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713204908/https://www.techopedia.com/definition/27960/web-10|archive-date=2018-07-13}}</ref> refers to [[website]]s that emphasize [[user-generated content]], [[usability|ease of use]], [[participatory culture]], and [[interoperability]] (i.e., compatibility with other products, systems, and devices) for [[end user]]s.

The term was coined by [[Darcy DiNucci]] in 1999<ref name="DiNucci">
{{cite journal|last=DiNucci|first=Darcy|year=1999|title=Fragmented Future|url=http://darcyd.com/fragmented_future.pdf|url-status=live|journal=Print|volume=53|issue=4|page=32|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110143942/http://darcyd.com/fragmented_future.pdf|archive-date=2011-11-10|access-date=2011-11-04}}
</ref> and later popularized by [[Tim O'Reilly]] and [[Dale Dougherty]] at the first [[Web 2.0 Summit|Web 2.0 Conference]] in 2004.<ref name="graham">{{cite web |url=http://www.paulgraham.com/web20.html |title=Web 2.0 |first=Paul |last=Graham |author-link=Paul Graham (computer programmer) |date=November 2005 |access-date=2006-08-02 |quote=I first heard the phrase 'Web 2.0' in the name of the Web 2.0 conference in 2004. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010024704/http://www.paulgraham.com/web20.html |archive-date=2012-10-10 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="oreilly">{{cite web |url=http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html |title=What Is Web 2.0 |publisher=O'Reilly Network |first=Tim |last=O'Reilly |author-link=Tim O'Reilly |date=2005-09-30 |access-date=2006-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424204457/http://oreilly.com/web2/archive/what-is-web-20.html |archive-date=2013-04-24 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Strickland |first=Jonathan |url=http://computer.howstuffworks.com/web-20.htm |title=How Web 2.0 Works |website=computer.howstuffworks.com |date=2007-12-28 |access-date=2015-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217030750/http://computer.howstuffworks.com/web-20.htm |archive-date=2015-02-17 |url-status=live }}</ref> Although the term mimics the numbering of [[software versions]], it does not denote a formal change in the nature of the [[World Wide Web]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sykora |first=M. |date=2017 |title=Web 1.0 to Web 2.0: an observational study and empirical evidence for the historical r(evolution) of the social web |journal=  International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology|volume=12 |page=70 |doi=10.1504/IJWET.2017.084024 |s2cid=207429020 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/9504914 }}</ref> but merely describes a general change that occurred during this period as interactive websites proliferated and came to overshadow the older, more static websites of the original Web.<ref name=":42"/>

A Web 2.0 website allows users to interact and collaborate through [[social media]] dialogue as creators of [[user-generated content]] in a [[virtual community]]. This contrasts the first generation of [[#Web 1.0|Web 1.0]]-era websites where people were limited to passively viewing content. Examples of Web 2.0 features include [[social networking site]]s or [[social media]] sites (e.g., [[Facebook]]), [[blog]]s, [[wiki]]s, [[Folksonomy|folksonomies]] ("tagging" keywords on websites and links), [[video sharing]] sites (e.g., [[YouTube]]), [[image sharing]] sites (e.g., [[Flickr]]), [[Web service|hosted services]], [[Web application]]s ("apps"), [[collaborative consumption]] platforms, and [[Mashup (web application hybrid)|mashup applications]].

Whether Web 2.0 is substantially different from prior Web technologies has been challenged by World Wide Web inventor [[Tim Berners-Lee]], who describes the term as [[jargon]].<ref name="developerWorks Interviews: Tim Berners-Lee"/> His original vision of the Web was "a collaborative medium, a place where we [could] all meet and read and write".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4132752.stm |title=Berners-Lee on the read/write web |work=BBC News |date=2005-08-09 |access-date=2012-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901190414/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4132752.stm |archive-date=2012-09-01 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Richardson|first=Will|title=Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms|year=2009|publisher=Corwin Press|location=California|isbn=978-1-4129-5972-8|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781412959728|url-access=registration|edition=2nd|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781412959728/page/1 1]}}</ref> On the other hand, the term [[Semantic Web]] (sometimes referred to as Web 3.0)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/Web_3_point_0.html|title=What is Web 3.0? Webopedia Definition|website=www.webopedia.com|date=September 1996 |language=en|access-date=2017-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215200738/http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/Web_3_point_0.html|archive-date=2017-02-15|url-status=live}}</ref> was coined by Berners-Lee to refer to a web of content where the meaning can be processed by machines.<ref name="Berners-Lee">{{cite journal |last=Berners-Lee |first=Tim |author2=James Hendler |author3=Ora Lassila |title=The Semantic Web |journal=Scientific American |volume=410 |issue=6832 |pages=1023–4 |date=May 17, 2001 |url=https://kask.eti.pg.gda.pl/redmine/projects/sova/repository/revisions/master/entry/doc/Master%20Thesis%20(In%20Polish)/materials/10.1.1.115.9584.pdf |access-date=October 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001220459/https://kask.eti.pg.gda.pl/redmine/projects/sova/repository/revisions/master/entry/doc/Master%20Thesis%20(In%20Polish)/materials/10.1.1.115.9584.pdf |archive-date=October 1, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all |doi=10.1038/scientificamerican0501-34 |pmid=11323639 |bibcode=2001SciAm.284e..34B }}</ref>