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Web 3.0 - What's Next? - the Read/Write/Execute Web PDF Print E-mail
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Web 3.0 - What's Next?
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the Read/Write/Execute Web
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the Read/Write/Execute Web

You may have heard "Web 3.0" called the Read/Write/Execute Web. Why this?

This terminology is used to define a web that can not only be read, but written; not only written, but developed and executed. In keeping with older terminology derived from digital file permissions: "Web 1.0" was the Read Only Web, "Web 2.0" is the Read/Write Web, then "Web 3.0" must be the Read/Write/Execute Web. So what makes this web different from the rest?

In the Internet of the future, we believe that the web will not only be read and written by you, but the applications themselves will be assembled by you.

Using Advanced programming APIsApplication Programming Interfaces are libraries of code that provide advanced functionality in a language. These interfaces allow programmers to concentrate more on functionality than low-level "housekeeping" coding and the like., feeds and other advanced data sources, and innovative deployment technologies such as cloud computing (as previously mentioned), you may soon be "mashing-up" data in widgets and web applications that you can create during  lunch break.

Mashups

Mashups are widgets and web applications that are developed by the end-user. Imagine logging into an online service which provides a drag-and-drop programming interface for the creation of smart applications. Well, with programs like IBM Mashup Center, Google App Engine, JackBe, Microsoft Popfly, Mozilla Ubiquity, and Yahoo! Pipes, that is quickly becoming possible.

We believe that in the web of the future, you will open up your web browser to an array of self-created widgets and applications that do anything you can imagine, and best of all- you can share it with your friends.

Writing a research paper? With the dawn of the Semantic Web, it may be easier to write a program to do your research for you.

If you thought Wikipedia was incredible for only public, copyright-free contribution, wait until you see the creative spark of the community unleashed.