存档五月 11, 2006

Web2.0:Keven如是说

为配合“Web2.0与信息服务” 会议的召开,将以前与朋友争论的一些问题整理一下,供大家参考。

Web2.0,确有其事吗?

正方:当然,谷歌、微软、雅虎、亚马逊等一大批响当当的公司都信了,不由得你不信。
反方:虚幻的海市蜃楼罢了,又一次网络经济泡沫。到目前为止甚至没有人能够给我一个明确的Web2.0定义!O’Reilly那篇论文以其昏昏使人昭昭,根本说服不了我。
Keven尽管这个名词只是作为九十年代末网络泡沫破裂后兴起新型网络应用的一个总称,由于内容的不确定性而受到很多人的质疑,但我还是相信这样一种2.0时代正在到来,这些新的应用显示出与传统完全不同的特点,发展之迅速、普及面之广,我们已经不能漠然处之。

Web2.0,跟我有关系吗?

正方:Web2.0的兴起是网络影响社会、经济、文化和人们日常生活的一个延续,其影响是普遍深入和无所不在的(pervasive and ubiquitous)。
反方:
不一定,至少目前还不一定。我所能看到的Web2.0应用都是些鸡毛蒜皮、花拳绣腿的东西,真正提高生产力,或者改变人们学习、工作、生活习惯的东西在哪里?我还没有看到。没有Web2.0我们照样生活。
Keven目前Web2.0的确还不是与每个人都有关系。如果你不是错过了、或在上一次网络泡沫中栽了跟头,想借助Web2.0大发一笔或东山再起的话;或者你也不是技术Geek、Savvy感到空有一身绝活无法造福人类,2.0使你感到时机已经成熟的话;或者你没有被2.0应用的个性化、方便、随意、民主、开放、自由惊呆而成为它的粉丝的话,Web2.0的确与你没关系。但是总有一天这个幽灵会找到你而俘虏你,我相信。

Web2.0,是一颗救命仙丹吗?

正方:尽管不能包治百病,但至少目前可以看成是某些行业解决痼疾的一帖良药,例如信息服务业完全可以利用Web2.0的理念、技术更好地为用户服务。
反方:
行业的发展都有它的生命周期,新的技术往往使新的行业兴起而埋葬老的行业,当然不排除一些老的行业可能脱胎换骨,但技术永远不是救命稻草。
KevenWeb2.0肯定不能看成纯技术,但是作为一种理念,它对于我们传统行业要起到什么立竿见影的功效的确很难。所以我们也不妨从技术入手,由外而内、由形式而内容地解决我们行业的问题。

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“语义Web”中国研究情况

早上收到的《语义web发展概览2005》(Semantic Web FactBook 2005)第一篇就是东南大学两个研究生(Gong Cheng和Han Xu)写的Semantic@China,对于国内Semantic Web研发情况介绍的较为完整,由于一直有网友发信给我询问此类问题,在此推荐一下。

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摘要如下:

During the past five years, thousands of researchers from over 100 institutions in China have contributed their intelligence and wisdom to SW research. Although the upsurge in China started up a little later than in the Occident, our domestic colleagues have tried their best and close followed this onrushing flow. Especially since 2003, with the strong support from Chinese government, a few achievements on SW research from our country have appeared through some well-known international conferences and journals such as International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC), International World Wide Web Conference (WWW) and Journal of Web Semantics. Many international friends have got to know SW research in China and some of them have started to cooperate with us in research and development.

Currently, in several major conferences and journals on SW or more general topics, it is common to see papers and researchers from China. SW research in China has become one of the forces that should not to be ignored in SW community. However, SW is still relatively a new concept in China in general. Although the academic circle has showed a great interest, the industrial circle in China seems having not recognized its value. Except for a few companies, SW is still not widely adopted in China. Nevertheless, accompanied with the great development of Chinese SW education, it is possible that SW technologies would enter the lives of the common people in China one day.

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