introduction to web terminology
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History of the Web
Web Terminology Definitions
Resource to Learn More
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History of the Web
1990s
Web 1.0
The introduction of personal web pages
Blinking images and static content
HTML used to create pages
Webpages managed by the experts
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History of the Web2000-2009
Web 2.0Blogs, Podcasting and Content Management Systems
Personal webpages use CSS
The power of creating pages is transferred to the masses
Community and collaboration
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History of the Web2010?
Web 3.0
Semantic web
Cloud computing
No more email...
Microformats
And more of the same from Web 2.0
http://blogs.nesta.org.uk/innovation/2007/07/the-future-is-s.html
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What does it all mean?
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HTML
Hypertext Markup Language
The language used to create web pages
Made of up ‘tags’ which tell the browser how to display the text on the screen
ex. <h1>make this text a heading</h1>
ex. <p>display as a paragraph</p>
Learn HTML: http://www.w3schools.com/html/
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CSS
Cascading Style Sheets
Used in conjunction with HTML to define styles for the page text and layout
ex. <h1 style=”text-align:center;”>center this heading</h1>
ex. <p style=”font-style:italic;”>this paragraph is in italics</p>
Learn CSS: http://www.w3schools.com/css/
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Blog
Short for ‘web log’
Blogs are web journals, with updates daily, monthly, or anywhere in between
While often considered ‘journals’ blogs don’t always cover personal topics
Many companies and libraries now have blogs to deliver news and industry updates
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI
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CMS
Content Management System
A tool used to assist in the creation of a website
Usually provides tools for those who are unfamiliar with HTML and CSS to create professional looking webpages
Popular tools include Joomla & Drupal
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Wiki
Hawaiian word for ‘quick’
A website that anyone (depending on your settings) can edit
Often used in organizations that are spread out to allow multiple people to edit and add content
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY
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What’s the Difference?
Blog CMS Wiki
regular updatesseveral types of
contentupdated by many
content organized by date
can include blogs & wikis
history of edits
news deliverymanage entire
websitegood for shared
projects
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Podcasting
Series of voice recordings
Like a radio show for the web
Has some sort of regularity to it - once a month, once a week, some other schedule
http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Podcasting
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RSS FeedsReal Simple Syndication
Originally used to syndicate content across multiple sites - like in the newspaper
Now used as a way to deliver updates
Can be used to events calendars, news, new content, anything that updates regularly
Need an Aggregator or Feed Reader to read
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU
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Semantic WebTo many, Web 3.0 is something called the Semantic Web, a term coined by Tim Berners-Lee.
The Semantic Web is a place where machines can read Web pages much as we humans read them, a place where search engines and software agents can better troll the Net and find what we're looking for.
"It's a set of standards that turns the Web into one big database," says Nova Spivack, CEO of Radar Networks, one of the leading voices of this new-age Internet.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2102852,00.asp
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MicroformatsDesigned for humans first and machines second, microformats are a set of simple, open data formats built upon existing and widely adopted standards (HTML & XML)
Operator is an extension for Firefox that adds the ability to interact with semantic data on web pages, including microformats
The Operator plugin tries to bring the power of microformats to the average user
http://microformats.org/abouthttp://mashups.web2learning.net/toc/chapter-3
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Cloud ComputingThe term cloud computing probably comes from (at least partly) the use of a cloud image to represent the Internet.
Often used in conjunction with ‘software as a service’ or SaaS
An example of this would be Google Docs and/or Zoho office. Both the applications and the data are stored out in the cloud.
http://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/579826http://techsoupforlibraries.org/blog/what-is-cloud-computing-and-how-will-it-affect-libraries
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More Terminology
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Mashups
A web application that uses content from more than one source to create a single new service displayed in a single graphical interface.
The term “mashup” originally comes from pop music, where people seamlessly combine music from one song with the vocal track from another thereby mashing them together to create something new
http://mashups.web2learning.net/
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TaggingTags are keywords used by people to categorize content they care about
Tags are free form - not based on a controlled vocabulary
Tags are often displayed in Tag Clouds which are bundles of tags with the most common words in the largest fonts
Successful examples include: Flickr and LibraryThing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42sSTPU5M-Y
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Micro-Blogging
Blogging in 140 characters or less
Usually used for quick status updates or to share short links with colleagues
Common micro-blogging tools include Twitter & Identi.ca
http://www.commoncraft.com/twitterhttp://www.commoncraft.com/twitter-search
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Social NetworkingA way to network with friends, family & colleagues online
Help people discover new friends or colleagues by showing shared interests, related skills or a common location
Popular sites
Facebook - personal (pictures, games) and professional (groups, business pages)
LinkedIn - professional (resumes, job hunting)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_KF7TYKVc
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IM
Instant Messaging
A way to send text messages over the Internet in real time
Easy way to have a typed conversation
Popular platforms include: AOL IM, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, and Windows Live Messenger
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VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol
The ability to communicate as you would over the phone over the Internet
Popular VoIP tools include Skype (free & pay), Google Voice (free) and Vonage (pay)
Require that you have high speed Internet and a microphone (or phone handset)
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OpenID
A web standard that can be used for user authentication
A single sign-on that lets you control what info you give to new sites
Requires that you sign up with an OpenID login provider
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcmY8Pk-qEkhttp://www.slideshare.net/webgoddess/open-id-471055
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Widget or Badge
A widget or a badge is simply a bit of code you can copy to your website to pull content from another site
Many social sites allow for the creation of a widget or a badge
Facebook: facebook.com/facebook-widgets/
Flickr: flickr.com/badge.gne
Twitter: twitter.com/goodies/widgets
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Creative Commons
The Creative Commons License is a new idea of content licensing
Allows for content creators to allow others to take their content and reuse and/or remix it
Many different licenses to choose from depending on what you want done with your content
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWxyx5iYdvI
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Avatar
An avatar is a visualization of you on the web
Can simply be a headshot
Sometimes your avatar can be a caricature of yourself
http://mashable.com/2007/09/12/avatars/
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PHP/Perl/Ruby/AJAXPopular programming languages
PHP/Perl/Ruby on Rails
Used in the development of web-based applications
AJAX
Used to make dynamic websites where content can be moved around by dragging & dropping
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Keep Learning
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Web 2.0 Titles
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Library 2.0 Books
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More to Read
Covers the history of crowdsourcing and how to use it in your business/library
crowdsourcing.typepad.com/
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More to Read
Talks about how products and companies are being organized by the power of the people instead of the traditional hierarchy
shirky.com/herecomeseverybody/
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More to Read
Learn more about the digital natives and how they use technology
http://borndigitalbook.com
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More to Read
Check out this series of Web 3.0 presentations compiled by Digital Inspiration
Web 3.0 Concepts Explained in Plain English
labnol.org/internet/web-3-concepts-explained/8908/
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Thank YouNicole C. Engard
Slides: http://web2learning.net > Publications & Presentations
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