How the web is evolving

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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 simultaneous growth of different aspects:

  1. Web browser
  2. New technologies to render / deliver content in a browser (svg, flash, html, xml, css, javascript)

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!

We might imagine 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. There are currently-invented technologies which have not been widely implemented yet.

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.