Web Science

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Contents 1 An Open Source Handbook of Web Science 1.1 Preface 1.2 The WSRI 1.3 IBM 1.4 Chapters 1.5 References

[edit] An Open Source Handbook of Web Science

[edit] Preface

A new academic field in computer science has emerged called Web Science with its first text published by Philip Tetlow in 2007^[1]. It now has its own journal and an inaugural article about the field by Tim Berners-Lee, Wendy Hall, James A. Hendler, Kieron O'Hara, Nigel Shadbolt and Daniel J. Weitzner ^[2]

It is thought that as the field is so new an interesting project would be to develop an open source text book here as the field emerges so that there will be free access to information and techniques from the beginning.

Help from all quarters is solicited MartinY 09:37, 23 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] The WSRI

The University of Southampton and MIT have set up a Web Science Research Initiative [[3]] and already have a postgraduate academic program running.

[edit] IBM

IBM are actively engaging in Web Science research.

[edit] Chapters

• The Semantic Web
• Human-Computer Interaction and the Web
• Topology and Traffic Density
• E-Commerce

[edit] References

1. ↑ Philip D. Tetlow, The Webs Awake (An Introduction to the Field of Web Science and the Concept of Web Life), [[1]].
2. ↑ Tim Berners-Lee, Wendy Hall, James A. Hendler, Kieron O'Hara, Nigel Shadbolt and Daniel J. Weitzner, Foundations and Trends in Web Science, Volume 1 Issue 1, [[2]].