| Dr. Gottfried Vossen and Stephen Hagemann have very clearly explained the transition to the new read/write era of the Webalso known as Web 2.0. This book will help you understand the ongoing evolution of the Web, and push you to create applications that take advantage of the read/write Web. Richard MacManus, Editor, Read/WriteWeb (http://www.readwriteweb.com)
The emergence of Web 2.0 is provoking challenging questions for developers: What products and services can our company provide to customers and employees using Rich Internet Applications, mash-ups, Web feeds or Ajax? Which business models are appropriate and how do we implement them? What are best practices and how do we apply them?
If you need answers to these and related questions, you need this booka comprehensive and reliable resource that guides you into the emerging and unstructured landscape that is Web 2.0.
* Presents a complete view of Web 2.0 including services and technologies * Discusses potential new products and services and the technology and programming ability needed to realize them * Offers how to basics presenting development frameworks and best practices * Compares and contrasts Web 2.0 with the Semantic Web
Gottfried Vossen is a professor of Information Systems and Computer Science at the University of Muenster in Germany. He is the European Editor-in-Chief of Elseviers Information SystemsAn International Journal. Stephan Hagemann is a PhD. Student in Gottfrieds research group focused on Web technologies.
About the Author Gottfried Vossen is Professor of Computer Science and a Director of the InstitÑr fÑr Wirtschaftsinformatik, Universitдt MÑnster (Department of Information Systems, University of Muenster, Germany). His research in the area of object-based database systems has dealt primarily with models for data and objects, database languages, transaction processing, integration with scientific applications, XML and its applications, and workflow management. Database |