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If you consider the past growth of the web, you may be able to discern the near-future. We might reasonably expect to see more interactivity, better integration of multi-media and dynamic content. We might reasonably expect to see newer versions of browsers, new specifications, and improvements of languages now commonly used.  
If you consider the past growth of the web, you may be able to discern the near-future. We might reasonably expect to see more interactivity, better integration of multi-media and dynamic content. We might reasonably expect to see newer versions of browsers, new specifications, and improvements of languages now commonly used.  


Please [https://www.w3.org/standards/ review the W3C page of standards]. You can get a pretty good idea of how the web is evolving. One such evolution is the [[semantic web]], which seeks to attach meaning to a piece of information. Please take the time to understand semantic web.
Please [https://www.w3.org/standards/ review the W3C page of standards]. You can get a pretty good idea of the types of categories which are being considered for next steps.  
 
The [[semantic web]] is interesting. Please take the time to understand semantic web.


== Do you understand this? ==
== Do you understand this? ==

Revision as of 08:11, 22 February 2017

Web Science[1]

Students will be expected to be aware of the major differences between the early forms of the web, Web 2.0, the semantic web and later developments.

Evolution[edit]

When we discuss how the web is evolving, we are actually looking at the concurrent, parallel growth of different aspects:

  1. Web browsers
  2. Standards
  3. New paradigms of rendering and delivering content

There is an excellent resource aptly named the evolution of the web which illustrates how these two aspects have grown and changed over the years. Remember we only got started in 1991!

If you wanted a very simple view of this, we might imagine the early days a very static (one-way) experience to a more dynamic, interactive (two-way) experience for users on the web.

Web 3.0, the next steps for the web[edit]

If you consider the past growth of the web, you may be able to discern the near-future. We might reasonably expect to see more interactivity, better integration of multi-media and dynamic content. We might reasonably expect to see newer versions of browsers, new specifications, and improvements of languages now commonly used.

Please review the W3C page of standards. You can get a pretty good idea of the types of categories which are being considered for next steps.

The semantic web is interesting. Please take the time to understand semantic web.

Do you understand this?[edit]

Standards[edit]

These standards are used from the IB Computer Science Subject Guide[2]

  • Describe how the web is constantly evolving.

References[edit]

  1. http://www.flaticon.com/
  2. IB Diploma Programme Computer science guide (first examinations 2014). Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom: International Baccalaureate Organization. January 2012.