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Dr Alexiei Dingli

Web Science Stream

Assignment

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A COP is when people having shared interests collaborate together towards reaching a common goal and in so doing form a community.

The Community of Practice (COP) Site

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COPs in 2003 (CS AKTive Space)

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COPs today

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• Create a social networking site which links together people from a similar profession (of your choice):– Lawyers– Architects– Teachers– Scientists– Communications– Historians– Business– etc

Brief

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• Each group – should be composed of two people– should create a site for one profession only

which is not being tackled by any other group

• Professions will be allocated on a first come first serve basis

Groups

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• XML• DTD or XSchema• SAX or DOM• At least 3 other XML technologies

– XLink, XPointer, XPath, XQuery, XForm, XSLT, FOP, XHTML, AJAX

• Ruby On Rails

• Total 17 marks

Must make use of

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• The Long Tail • Data Inside • Users Add Value • The Network Effect • Some Rights Reserved • Perpetual Beta • Coorperation, not control • Software is above the device

• Total 10 marks

Must implement at least 4 Web 2.0 patterns

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• Blogs • Tag Cloud • Tagging • Sharing • Wiki • More

• Total 10 marks

Must have at least 5 Web 2.0 Features

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• Data – Must have semantics and must be

manipulated• Information

– Derived from different sources with diverse owners

• Must assume an open domain

• Total 10 marks

Must implement the 3 Web 3.0 patterns

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• Introduction• Scientific Research • Market Research • Implementation • Evaluation • Conclusion • References

• Total 14 Marks

Documentation

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• Good Delivery • Informative • Amusing

• Total 9 Marks

Presentation

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• No of active users (at least once a week for two weeks)– 1 to 10 5 marks– 10 to 20 10 marks– 20 to 30 15 marks– 30+ 20 marks

Evaluation

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• Available in 3 directories • Participating in some banner/link exchange • Has an eZine • Has an article on a foreign site which refers to it • Appears on a free classified site • Has an active (people adding to it on a daily basis)

group on other social networking sites • More

• Total 6 marks (one each)

Online Marketing

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• Must conform to the FITA accessibility audit check list

• http://www.knpd.org/mittsfita/dokumenti/web_checklist.doc

• Total 5 marks

Accessibility

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Subsections 100%

XML Technologies 17 marks

Web 2 Patterns 10 marks

Web 2 Features 10 marks

Web 3 Patterns 10 marks

Documentation 14 marks

Presentation 9 marks

Evaluation 20 marks

Online Marketing 5 marks

Accessibility 5 marks

Summary

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• Download Instant Rails 2.0 and unzip it in C:\InstantRails

• http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=904

Home work ...

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Questions?