What is Web 2.0?

Just when you were getting to grips with the notion of Web 1.0 (was there a web 1.0 or was it just like Rocky?) the JISC Techwatch has just published (February 2007) a new report on the subject of Web 2.0.

Within 15 years the Web has grown from a group work tool for scientists at CERN into a global information space with more than a billion users. Currently, it is both returning to its roots as a read/write tool and also entering a new, more social and participatory phase. These trends have led to a feeling that the Web is entering a ‘second phase’—a new, ‘improved’ Web version 2.0. But how justified is this perception?

Hopefully this report will shed some light on this.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/services/services_techwatch/techwatch/techwatch_ic_reports2005_published.aspx

Source: JISC RSC Scotland