Web Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Web

Hendler, J., Shadbolt, N., Hall, W., Berners-Lee, T. and Weitzner, D. (2008) Web Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Web. Communications of the ACM, 51 (7). pp. 60-69. ISSN 0001-0782

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Abstract

Despite the Web’s great success as a technology and the significant amount of computing infrastructure on which it is built, it remains, as an entity, surprisingly unstudied. Here, we look at some of the technical and social challenges that must be overcome to model the Web as a whole, keep it growing, and understand its continuing social impact. A systems approach, in the sense of systems biology, is needed if we are to be able to understand and engineer the future Web.

Item Type:	Article
Creator/Authors:	James Hendler Nigel Shadbolt Wendy Hall Tim Berners-Lee Daniel Weitzner
Research Group:	Old ECS Groups > Science and Engineering of Natural Systems Current ECS Groups > Web and Internet Science Old ECS Groups > Intelligence, Agents, Multimedia
ISSN:	0001-0782
Date:	2008
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Citations:	ISI: 30, Google Scholar: 102
Downloads (2010):	255
ID Code:	16555
Last Modified:	23 Sep 2011 10:37
Deposited On:	11 Aug 2008 14:31 by Smith, Ashley

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