DITA session 5

This session focused on what web 2.0 is and the impact it has had on the way that the Internet is used.
We used the definition of that Web 1.0 was the read web and Web2.0 is the Read/Write web as used by the majority of users.

how it contains a rich user experience, encourages user participation, has dynamic content, uses meta data and promotes openness and freedom.

we looked at the limitations of HTML in terms of delivering rich user experiences and the promise of HTML 5 to provide this, how multiple users interacting can give a site purpose, the ability to tag items bringing together and adding metadata to more items without the need for a more formal library style metadata system but also how this can be abused, and how social interaction has lowered the amount of censorship and freedom of speech and how the narrative of a site will constrain the social constraints.

we then went on to look at Facebook and its impact on the web. how it is a non specific tool and you can do most social networking things on it, how the lack of avatars and handles gives a real online personality, its dependence on mutual agreements between 'friends', how your online activity becomes visible and commendable on, how it utilises a IM and email system, and finally we looked at the privacy issues contained within FaceBook.

Wikipedia is another form of web 2.0 we looked at and how anyone can contribute within the set editorial constraints, the pros and the cons of this method of gathering information, the wider contexts of wiki over a traditional encyclopedia, how it provides anonymity and how it can create a hive mind effect.

Blogs and how they are chronological pieces of short writing, their birth as diaries and how they have progressed to micro journalism and professional self promotion tools. how interlink blogosphers allow cross communication and the impact of micro blogging, ie twiter.

finally we looked at the negatives/criticisms of Web 2.0 how it can lead to buzz and hype,  its promotion of narcissism and amateurism and enhances the fickle nature of peoples personalities.