ETECH 12: Evolution of the Web

Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

It is the processing of data that includes sending, editing, receiving, locating, and saving using different hardware and software components.

● Datafication

● Internet Access

● Cloud Computing

● Software/Hardware

● Transactions

● Communication Technology

ICT Components

• Unified way to communicate

• Economic Development

• “4th Industrial Revolution”

  • Development and delivery of various technologies, cheaper for vendors and consumers

  • Providing new market opportunities such as:

    • highly automated cost-cutting business processes

    • big data revolution that leads to new products and services

    • ICT-driven transactions

Goals of ICT

Philippines

The ICT Hub of Asia

• 106.8 cell phones per 100 Filipinos in 2012

• The ICT industry shares 19.3% of the total employment population

• 97% of the 2,122 establishments used computers and other hardware in their business operations

• 9 in every 10 establishments nationwide had internet access

• Ranked among the top cities in the world for taking selfies in 2013, with the country ranking 1st and in the top 10

World Wide Web (WWW)

It is an information system on the Internet that connects documents to one another through hypertext links. It was invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1990.

Tim-Berners Lee

An English engineer and computer scientist, born on June 8, 1955. He invented the World Wide Web in 1990.

Web Page

It is a hypertext document connected to the WWW.

HTTP

Stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. It is the transfer method used by WWW to transmit and receive Web pages.

Websites

These are connections from a single web page to multiple web pages.

HTML

Stands for HyperText Markup Language. It is the standard foundational language used to create and structure content on the web.

Web 1.0

A read-only, linear web. The characteristics of this web are as follows:

• Website pages are static. 

• Website contents and layouts are inseparable. 

• Website contents are stored in files.

• Websites use proprietary HTML tags. 

• Websites do not embed a guestbook in the content page.

• Website forms are usually sent by email.

Web 2.0

A web wherein you can read and write. This was coined by Darcy DiNucci in January 1999 and popularized by Tim O’Reilly and Dale Dougherty in 2000. The characteristics of this web are as follows:

• It has user-generated content. 

• It has an emphasis on user experience.

• It has improved interoperability (incorporates application programming interfaces, or API).

Examples of this web include social networking sites, blogs, wikis, video sharing sites, web applications, etc.

Folksonomy

A feature of Web 2.0 that allows users to categorize and classify/arrange information using freely chosen keywords. In short, users can create their own tags.

Rich User Experience

A feature of Web 2.0 wherein content is dynamic and responsive to the user's input. Websites/apps are interactive and engaging.

User Participation

A feature of Web 2.0 wherein the owner of the website is not the only one who is able to add content. Users can create and share content.

Long Tail

A feature of Web 2.0 wherein services are offered on demand rather than as a one-time purchase. It offers niche content for small audiences.

Software as a Service

A feature of Web 2.0 where users subscribed to software only when needed rather than purchasing it. This includes online software, such as the Google Workspace, that you don’t need to install.

Mass Participation

A feature of Web 2.0 that enables diverse information sharing through universal web access.

• It’s funny

• Incredible unbelievable

• Very emotional

• Agrees with world views

• Life questions

• Non mainstream

• Makes you smile

Reasons why people share content.

Web 3.0

A web wherein users can read, write, and interact with intelligent systems. It is also known as the semantic web, and this movement was led by the World Wide Web Consortium. The features associated with this web are as follows:

• It adheres to minimalist design

• It uses the semantic web

• It is an ever-present web

• It applies and uses Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

It is a computer system that can mimic or simulate human thoughts or behavior and is a subset of machine learning.

Dr. Geoffrey E. Hinton

The Godfather of Modern Artifical Intelligence. He built a neural net back in 2012.

Toby Walsh

The Chief Scientist at the University of New South Wales AI Institute. He said, “When it comes to any digital data you see—audio or video—you have to entertain the idea that someone has spoofed it.”

1. Compatibility 

• HTML files and current web browsers could not support Web 3.0 

2. Security 

• User’s security is also in question since the machine is saving his or her preferences 

3. Vastness 

• World Wide Web already contains billions web pages 

4. Vagueness

• Certain words are imprecise. The words “old” and “small” would depend on the user 

5. Logic

• Limitation for a computer to predict what the user is referring to at a given time.

Several problems regarding Web 3.0