Web Science Reading List

This site collects all kind of information on interesting technologies regarding Web Science. Currently I am very interested in Web Science and Linked Open Data and its applications.

Web Science

Nothing like the Web has ever happened in all of human history. The scale of its impact and the rate of its adoption are unparalleled. This is a great opportunity as well as an obligation. If we are to ensure the Web benefits the human race we must first do our best to understand it.

The Web is the largest human information construct in history. The Web is transforming society. In order to understand what the Web is, engineer its future and ensure its social benefit we need a new interdisciplinary field that we call Web Science. [via webscience.org]

Web Science Links

General Resources:

• Science of the Web (2009)
• Web Science and Web Technology (2009)
• Semantic Web Conference (2009)
• Representational State Transfer (REST)

• Webtechnologies I (2009)
• Network Theory and Terminology (2009)
• Social Network Analysis (2009)
• Affiliation Networks (2009)
• Link Analysis and Search (2009)
• Network Analysis and Processes (2009)
• Small World Problem (2009)
• Metadata, Tagging and Folksonomies (2009)
• Goal Oriented Analysis of Textual Resources on the Web (2009)

Network Theory Links

• Networks
• Graph Theory
• Networks I: Centrality and Prestige (2009)
• Networks II: Structural Balance (2009)
• Networks III: Diffusion of Innovation (2009)

Linked Open Data

• Linked Open Data Cloud (2009)
• Preparing Yourself for Web3.0, LOD and 2010+