Significance of Web 0.0-4.0, Semantic Web, Cloud Computing and Drupal in Concomitant to Library/ Information/ Knowledge Centres Management

2. More Intelligent Web

The threshold to the third-generation Web crossed in 2007. At this Juncture the focus of innovation already started shift back from front-end improvements towards back-end infrastructure level upgrades to the web. This cycle may continue for five to ten years, and will result in making the Web more connected, more open, and more intelligent. The Web is entering a new phase of evolution. There has been much debate recently about what to call this new phase. Some would prefer to not name it all, while others suggest continuing to call it “Web 2.0”. However, this new phase of evolution has quite a different focus from what Web 2.0 has come to mean³. It will transform the Web form a network of separately. Because the focus of the third-generation Web is quite different from that of Web 2.0, this new generation of the Web probably does deserve its own name. Second generation of the Web is branded as Web 2.0, and third-generation of web is termed Web 3.0 (A bird’s eye on the evolution and definition, 2011).