Print Email Facebook Twitter Restructuring the Social Web Title Restructuring the Social Web Author Krijgsman, M.R. Contributor Houben, G.J.P.M. (mentor) Hofman, W.J. (mentor) Janssen, M.F.W.H.A. (mentor) Faculty Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Department Web Information Systems Programme Information Architecture Date 2013-01-31 Abstract The term Social Web is often used to describe a wide range of websites. So much so, that the term has become meaningless to many. This research shows what makes a website social and which functionalities these websites can be expected to offer to users. This is achieved by formulating a definition of the Social Web, a categorization of the different websites that are part of it and an analysis of the functionalities, plug-ins and API’s provided by ten websites that have been shown to be representative of the Social Web. We furthermore use this analysis to improve data ownership and data interoperability on the Social Web through the use of a distributed data storage method and an ontology capable of representing all information that is commonly found on the Social Web. Following that, a design is made in which these two improvements are incorporated, showing that a Social Web using these improvements is technically feasible and interesting for use in practice. Subject social webfunctionalitiesdata ownershipdata interoperabilitydata storageontology To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ab01e8f2-cf48-451a-a8a2-e43a09d253f1 Embargo date 2013-01-31 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2013 Krijgsman, M.R. Files PDF Thesis_-_Mark_Krijgsman.pdf 2.28 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:ab01e8f2-cf48-451a-a8a2-e43a09d253f1/datastream/OBJ/view