Web Evolution

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Web Evolution

• 5280ft View of the Web 2.0
• Christopher FowlerSoftware Developer of
  eGovernment andInformation Technology Secretary
  of State of Rhode Island

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Why Evolution

• There is no grand plan to the web
• Competing technologies
• Non-survival of the least fit
• There is a natural progression of how we got here
• Not entirely possible to predict the future, but
  we can make guesses due to trends

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Where Are We Now?

• Some Call it Web 2.0
• Not to be confused with Internet2
• No Clear demarcation
• HTTP protocol appear out of the Internet sea
• HTML Static Web Pages (BrochureWare) take off
• Dynamic data becomes integrated into web pages
• Web pages become interactive (JavaScript,
  cookies)
• Web Applications appear

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So Where Are We?

• Still no clear demarcation
• XML - Markup starts to define Data, not just data
  placement and presentation
• HTML is cleansed XHTML
• XHTML is beautified CSS
• XML starts to define protocols
• Birth of RSS
• Web Services drive web content delivery

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Web Services This Is Where We Are

• The reliance on Web Services is the Web 2.0
• This is not a promise its the implementation
  of yesterdays promise

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The Reality of Web Services

• Human readable computer friendly protocols
• Open Data
• RSS
• Single point of creation
• Multiple sites provide same data not recreating
  it
• Open Services
• Amazon API
• Google API
• RSSonate (developed by yours truly!)
• del.icio.us
• Flickr