Web 2.0 Architectures

Capturing Web 2.0 Knowledge with Patterns and Architecture

To understand Web 2.0 in pragmatic terms, it helps to review how architects think and work. Architects often see things that are not visible to the naked eye. An architect staring at a skyscraper might be admiring the hidden structural aspects of the building that give it extra rigidity or allow it to move slightly in adverse weather conditions. Architects often admire the whole, while also being able to appreciate the individual parts of a system and their integration into a cohesive unit. Seeing and understanding hidden qualities and aspects of a structure or system often lead to the repurposing of those aspects into new designs. By incorporating such design aspects into new projects, architecture continues to evolve.

About Architecture

There are “architects” in many different fields, working on everything from software systems to commercial buildings, bridges, airports, and much, much more. Architects design, describe, and document systems and their structure, including the internal components, the externally visible properties, and the relationships that exist between them. An architect typically describes and documents all of this in several views to account for static and dynamic behavior during all phases of development and use of a system or structure. These views are generally supplemented with other artifacts depicting additional aspects of the thing being architected. In the case of software, there may be a data ...