La science du web

Tim Breners-Lee, architecte du web, et quelques collaborateurs lancent une nouvelle initiative : http://www.webscience.org/. Selon le site :

When we discuss an agenda for a science of the Web, we use the term « science » in two ways. Physical and biological science analyzes the natural world, and tries to find microscopic laws that, extrapolated to the macroscopic realm, would generate the behavior observed. Computer science, by contrast, though partly analytic, is principally synthetic: It is concerned with the construction of new languages and algorithms in order to produce novel desired computer behaviors. Web science is a combination of these two features. The Web is an engineered space created through formally specified languages and protocols. However, because humans are the creators of Web pages and links between them, their interactions form emergent patterns in the Web at a macroscopic scale. These human interactions are, in turn, governed by social conventions and laws. Web science, therefore, must be inherently interdisciplinary; its goal is to both understand the growth of the Web and to create approaches that allow new powerful and more beneficial patterns to occur. »
Tim Berners-Lee, Wendy Hall, James Hendler, Nigel Shadbolt, Daniel J. Weitzner. 2006. SCIENCE « Creating a Science of the Web » vol. 313 11 AUGUST 2006

Le site propose, entre autres, quelques articles scientifiques en plein-texte.

Ce contenu a été mis à jour le 2006-11-11 à 11 h 48 min.