Web 2.0Awareness for Section 508 Coordinators

Presenter:Norman B. Robinson

Office of Accessible Systems & Technology (OAST)Department of Homeland Security

voice: 202-447-0322, cell: 202-834-3192norman.b.robinson@dhs.gov

What is Web 2.0?informal definitions from other people

What is Web 2.0?basic user’s perspective

“something to do with the web”

What is Web 2.0?basic user’s perspective

“assume it is something advanced web-wise”

What is Web 2.0?flash developer’s perspective

“uh, that is HTML - isn’t it?”

What is Web 2.0?flash developer’s perspective

“some of the cool plug-ins, man”

What is Web 2.0?advanced technology user’s perspective

“anything social”

What is Web 2.0?advanced technology user’s perspective

“web 2.0 is web based applications that are executed locally by your browser, e.g., google maps...”

What is Web 2.0?advanced technology user’s perspective

“it is about making things easier to read and find online...and hiding the stuff I don’t need to see or care about”

What is Web 2.0?experts

The business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the internet as platform, and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform. Chief among those rules is this: Build applications that harness network effects to get better the more people use them. (…”harnessing collective intelligence.”) - Tim O’Reilly

“A collection of technologies - be it VoIP, Digital Media, XML, RSS, Google Maps… whatever …. that leverage the power of always on, high speed connections and treat broadband as a platform, and not just a pipe to connect.” - Om Malik

“Ongoing transition of the World Wide Web from a collection of websites to a full-fledged computing platform serving web applications to end users” - Wikipedia

“Web 2.0...is about making the Internet useful for computers” - Jeff Bezos

What is Web 2.0?diagram from www.futureexploration.net

Confused?take deep, deep breaths

Web 2.0 & Section 508compatible with Web 1.0, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 3.0...

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Web 2.0 & Section 508§ 1194.22 Web(2.0)-based intranet and internet information and applications

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Web 2.0 & Section 508§ 1194.21 Software applications ...and operating systems.

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Web 2.0 & Section 508Why Software applications?

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Web 2.0:new technologies: crazy developer talk

Don’t make me go thereHTML, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS

The BasicsWhat was web 1.0?

Technology Primerweb page: HTML FILE

Technology Primerweb page: HTML FILE: open from hard drive, or FTP://, FILE://, NETWORK://

Technology Primersimple web pages are static HTML files pulled from storage (THIS IS NOT “THE” WEB)

Technology Primerweb pages can be static HTML files, but are not too useful without a web server (“THE” WEB)

Social Primereven with a web server, publishing information without an audience is not very noteworthy

Captain Obvioustell me something i didn’t know!

Web 1.0:people creating & publishing electronic information (you knew that)

Web 2.0:other people creating & publishing other people’s electronic information

Web 2.0:put another way, web 2.0 isn’t really about the technology

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Web 2.0:it is about enabling electronic technology creation for as many other people as possible

Web 2.0:other people: not you, not me, but “them”

Web 2.0:examples: digg, wikipedia, wikinews

wikinews

[edit] Sources

* Eric Steuer "Obama-Biden transition site Change.gov now under a Creative Commons license". Creative Commons, December 1, 2008

* Heather Havenstein "Obama continues 'Google-enabled government' push on transition site". Computerworld, December 1, 2008

* Julian Sanchez "Rip, Mix, and Govern". Ars Technica, December 1, 2008

[edit] External links

* Creative Commons 3.0 license details

* Change.gov copyright statement

Retrieved from "http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Obama%27s_transition_website_%27frees_the_content%27"

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example challenges for Web 2.0 in government

Change.gov

same challenges for Web 1.0 in government

Change.gov

Technology Primerweb sites & content accessibility relies on technical staff’s awareness of Section 508

Captain Obviousstrikes again!

Licensing:example challenge for Web 2.0 in government

Obama's transition website 'frees the content'From Wikinews, the free news source you can write!

In a move to open up government and embrace modern thinking on copyright, U.S. President-Elect Barack Obama's transition team website, Change.gov, has adopted the Creative Commons licenses for all content and user contributions. This will allow anyone to take material from the site and reuse it, without any concern that they may be violating copyright.

"This is great news and a encouraging sign that the new administration has a clear sense of the importance of openness in government and on the web. The embrace of Creative Commons licensing on Change.gov is consistent with earlier support by both Obama and John McCain for the idea of 'open debates'," said Creative Commons in a statement posted on their website.

Those making reuse of the site's content are only obliged to attribute it, per the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported licence. The 'right to remix' the new license extends is not restricted to text; videos are included and the site now provides links to download copies of clips for this purpose.

In addition to the new license, Change.gov has introduced open forums for the discussion of items that concern the electorate. According to Computerworld, unlike the blogs used by some government departments, posts appear unfiltered and a scoring and ranking system is employed. One of the high-traffic early discussion threads is soliciting public input on healthcare worries.

All government documents are all in the public domain. Despite the ".gov" web address, the site is run by the "Obama-Biden Transition Project" charity. As a 501(c)4 non-profit organization, they are required to release their creations under any free license.

Creative Commons licenses are encouraged on popular photo sharing website Flickr, and is the only applicable license on Wikinews.Have an opinion on this story? Post it!

Institutional Thinkingexample challenge for Web 2.0 in government

Non-institutional Thinkingus versus them: allowing access to people outside the organization

The Long TailOne person can make a difference

Technologies looking for a solutionchallenge for Web 2.0 in government

Technology Warningnew technologies are constantly released and they aren’t natively Section 508 compliant

SECTION 508 DOES NOT PROVIDE WEB

TECHNICAL SPECIFICS FOR

ANYTHING OTHER THAN HTML

HOW DO YOU KNOW YOUR DEVELOPERS

KNOW HOW TO TEST?

Snapshot of script.aculo.us website

Rely on open web technologies, not proprietary software

HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS will make your life much easier, but it’s up

to you.

Web 2.0 & Section 508§ 1194.22 Web(2.0)-based intranet and internet information and applications, which includes § 1194.22 for software applications (plug-ins)

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