E-MailThe Future Web
Pundits have used a variety of terms to describe the rapid change that results from a sudden shift in underlying principles. But whether it is called a revolution, a new paradigm, or a tectonic shift, the nature and the structure of the Web are changing. We can see it in a sudden surge of startups, fears over a second Internet bubble, and a flurry of new terms, the most persistent of which appears to be "Web 2.0." However, as diverse as the multitude of descriptors for Web 2.0 might be, the concept itself is designed to mainly describe content. This is because a key enabling technology -- IPv6 -- isn't really available yet, and may not be for a few more years. Both Web 2.0 and IPv6 point to key elements in the development of the future Web; neither of them is well understood though, and their implications have yet to be fully absorbed.
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