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Web 2.0 Compact Definition

Tim O'Reilly provides a 3 sentence definition of Web 2.0: Web 2.0 is the network as platform, spanning all connected devices. Web 2.0 applications make the most of this platform by delivering software as a continually-updated service that gets better over time. These applications also consume and remix data from multiple sources, including users, while allowing others to remix their data and services in a participatory architecture.

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Web 2.0 Compact Definition

Tim O'Reilly provides a 3 sentence definition of Web 2.0: Web 2.0 is the network as platform, spanning all connected devices. Web 2.0 applications make the most of this platform by delivering software as a continually-updated service that gets better over time. These applications also consume and remix data from multiple sources, including users, while allowing others to remix their data and services in a participatory architecture.

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Oct 1 by Tim O'Reilly | comments: 48
2005
I said I'm not fond of definitions, but I woke up this morning with the start of one in my
head:

Web 2.0 is the network as platform, spanning all connected devices; Web 2.0
applications are those that make the most of the intrinsic advantages of that platform:
delivering software as a continually-updated service that gets better the more people
use it, consuming and remixing data from multiple sources, including individual users,
while providing their own data and services in a form that allows remixing by others,
creating network effects through an "architecture of participation," and going beyond the
page metaphor of Web 1.0 to deliver rich user experiences.

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Johannes Ernst [10.01.05 09:27 PM]

According to Tim O'Reilly's "compact" web 2.0 definition, NetMesh is most certainly a "Web 2.0"
company...

Ben Bangert [10.02.05 10:05 AM]

That's a great definition, though it also seems that many people pushing various web
technologies (AJAX) seem to think that's a Web 2.0 thing even though its been around for years.
Your definition is the most accurate for what I'd consider the "true" Web 2.0 applications
(del.icio.us, Upcoming, etc.)

Lee Bryant [10.02.05 01:43 PM]

Good definition - thanks. It captures the most interesting elements of what we are all feeling our
way towards. Actually, it is more like a mini manifesto than a definition ... in a good way.

Ross Mayfield [10.02.05 08:06 PM]

Web 2.0 is made of people!

Dan Zambonini [10.03.05 01:11 AM]

Although I don't really subscribe to the nomenclature of Web 2.0, I'd agree with Ross:

Web 1.0 was about connecting computers and making technology more efficient for computers.
Web 2.0 is about connecting people, and making technology for efficient for people.

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