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BibTeX citation key: white.604
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White David (2007). Results and analysis of the Web 2.0 services survey undertaken by the SPIRE project. Oxford : University of Oxford.
Added by: Laure Endrizzi 2007-06-13 20:18:35
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Abstract
The SPIRE project was funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) over a period of 22 months (from June 2005 to March 2007) to explore the implementation and use of ‘informal repositories’. The underlying focus of the project was on informal sharing and new methods of finding and using online resources for elearning. The project originally planned to encourage an early adopter community to use the LionShare open source peerto- peer (P2P) system developed by the Pennsylvania State University. However, for a number of technical reasons it proved impossible to set-up the LionShare infrastructure in the UK. During the project, the popularity and diversity of Web 2.0 type services on the web began to increase. Many of these services involve informal collaboration and sharing so, in the light of this, the SPIRE project shifted its focus from specifically looking at P2P towards a more general investigation of the use of informal participatory services.
Added by: Laure Endrizzi
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