Databases and Web 2.0 panel at VLDB 2007

Abstract

Web 2.0 refers to a set of technologies that enables indviduals to create and share content on the Web. The types of content that are shared on Web 2.0 are quite varied and include photos and videos (e.g., Flickr, YouTube), encyclopedic knowledge (e.g., Wikipedia), the blogosphere, social book-marking and even structured data (e.g., Swivel, Many-eyes). One of the important distinguishing features of Web 2.0 is the creation of communities of users. Online communities such as LinkedIn, Friendster, Facebook, MySpace and Orkut attract millions of users who build networks of their contacts and utilize them for social and professional purposes. In a nutshell, Web 2.0 offers an architecture of participation and democracy that encourages users to add value to the application as they use it.