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Web Focus: Must Email Die?

editor — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 23:00:00 +0000

Brian Kelly recently gave a talk on this subject at the Internet Librarian International 2005 conference. In this article he expands on the talk and revisits the question as to whether email really should disappear.

The ILI 2005 Conference

The ILI (Internet Librarian International) 2005 Conference [1], the seventh in the series, was held in the Copthorne Tara Hotel, London over 10-11 September 2005. This conference is aimed at information professionals and librarians who are using, developing and implementing Internet, Intranet and Web-based services in their daily work.

Web Focus: The WWW 2005 Conference

editor — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 23:00:00 +0000

Brian Kelly provides his impressions including reports of areas of doubt and uncertainty - but also of an exciting new development.

About the WWW 2005 Conference

The WWW 2005 Conference was held in the Nippon Conference Centre in Chiba, Japan over 10-14 May 2005. This conference is the main event for the Web research community and provides an opportunity for researchers to present papers on research into developments in the Web infrastructure. In addition to its role for the research community, the conference also attracts delegates who are active in leading edge work in more mainstream areas.

Web Focus: Towards Library Groupware With Personalised Link Routing

editor — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 23:00:00 +0000

Brian Kelly takes a look at the FOAF Semantic Web application and suggests it is time to start evaluating this technology.

What Is FOAF?

The term FOAF [1] stands for Friend of a Friend. As might be deduced from this phrase one of the key applications of FOAF is to provide a mechanism for creating links to one's friends. From the links to one's immediate circle of friends automated software can be used to process links from your friends, which can provide a visualisation of 'friends of a friend'.

Web Focus: WWW 2003 Trip Report

editor — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 23:00:00 +0000

Brian Kelly writes on the recent WWW 2003 conference and outlines some of the latest Web developments.

WWW 2003 was the 12th in the series of international World Wide Web conferences organised by the IW3C2 (the International World Wide Web Conference Committee). The international WWW conferences provide an opportunity for the Web research community to describe their research activities. Other tracks at the conference cover areas such as cultural resources, e-learning, accessibility, etc. In addition W3C (the World Wide Web Consortium) gives a series of presentations which describe many of the new Web standards being developed.

Web Focus: Hot News From WWW10

editor — Thu, 21 Jun 2001 23:00:00 +0000

Brian Kelly reports on the Tenth International World Wide Web Conference, held in Hong Kong on 1-5 May 2001.

Previous Web Focus articles have provided trip reports on the International World Wide Web conferences [1] [2] [3] and [4]. These reports have commented on the birth of new developments such as XML, RDF and WAP and the mobile Web. So what was hot from WWW10?

Well the weather certainly was hot - and very humid. The 1,200+ delegates were very appreciative of the air-conditioning in the Hong Kong Conference Centre, located on Hong Kong island, next to the harbour (see Figure 1).

Web Watch: What's Related to My Web Site?

editor — Fri, 23 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0000

What's Related To My Web Site? Brian Kelly looks at Netscape's 'What's Related?' facility and reports on the service's findings for institutional Web servers.

Netscape's What's Related Service

One possibly underused facility in the Netscape browser is its What's Related feature. When viewing a Web page, clicking on the What's Related button in the Netscape toolbar (shown in Figure 1) will display related information about the page being viewing.

Web Focus: Reflections On WWW9

editor — Thu, 22 Jun 2000 23:00:00 +0000

Brian Kelly reports on the WWW9 conference, held in Amsterdam, in May 2000.

The Ninth International World Wide Web conference (WWW9) was held at the RAI Congress Centre in Amsterdam. The main part of the conference took place from Tuesday 16th till Thursday 18th May. A day of tutorial and workshops was held on Monday 15th May with the Developer's Day on Friday 19th May. About 1,400 delegates attended the conference. It was pleasing to note the large numbers of delegates from the UK - about 100 in total, with about 50% from the Higher Education community (and about 9 people from Southampton University and another 9 from Bristol University).

Web Focus: Using the Web to Promote Your Web Site

editor — Tue, 21 Dec 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Brian Kelly expalins how to promote your web site.

Many readers of this article will be involved in setting up new web sites, possibly for European or nationally-funded projects, for internal, institutional projects or perhaps for community projects. As the size of the web grows there is an increasing awareness of the need to be pro-active in promoting web sites - we can no longer simply sit back and expect visitors to arrive at our new site. This article describes a variety of approaches which can be taken to the promotion of a web site.

Web Focus: Report on "Institutional Web Management Next Steps" Workshop

editor — Wed, 22 Sep 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Brian Kelly reports on the latest "Institutional Web Management Workshop," this year called: "The Next Steps."

The "Institutional Web Management: The Next Steps" workshop took place at Goldsmiths College, London on 7-9 September 1999. This was the third annual event for institutional web managers which has been organised by UK Web Focus. The first workshop was held over 2 day (16/17 July 1997) at Kings College London. As described in the workshop report published in Ariadne [1] the event attracted a total of 95 participants. The workshop provided a valuable opportunity for web editors to meet their peers at other institutions and compare experiences.

Web Focus: Report on the WWW 8 Conference

editor — Mon, 21 Jun 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Brian Kelly discusses WWW8 in Toronto, which took place in May 1999.

The Eighth World Wide Web Conference (WWW8) was on a smaller scale than in the past few years. The numbers of delegates seemed to be down, and there was no accompanying exhibition. The conference appeared to be refocussing on the web research community, with delegates from commercial companies more likely to be software developers than marketing types. This refocussing also seemed to be reflected in the conference papers, which, as a number of people commented, seemed to be of a higher quality this year.

Web Focus: Extending Your Browser

editor — Fri, 19 Mar 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Brian Kelly on techniques for extending the capabilities of your browser.

The WebWatch project [1], which was based at UKOLN, involved the development and use of a variety of tools to analyse web resources and web servers. During the early development of the software, individual summaries (particularly of outliers in the statistical data) were often required in order to check that the software was working correctly. Initially summaries were obtained using simple Unix scripts. For example the urlget script displayed the HTTP headers for a resource as illustrated below:

Web Focus: Institutional Web Management

editor — Fri, 18 Sep 1998 23:00:00 +0000

Brian Kelly reports on the Netskills Institutional Web Management Workshop held in Newcastle.

What Is XML?

editor — Mon, 18 May 1998 23:00:00 +0000

Brian Kelly elucidates another infuriating three letter acronym: XML.

About XML

What is XML?

XML stands for the Extensible Markup Language. XML has been designed to address a number of deficiencies in HTML.

Which deficiencies in particular?

Web Focus: The 7th World Wide Web Conference

editor — Mon, 18 May 1998 23:00:00 +0000

Brian Kelly is interviewed about the 7th World Wide Web Conference upon his return from Brisbane.

Australia is a long way to go for a conference. What were you doing there?

I attended the conference in my role as UK Web Focus and the JISC representative on the World Wide Web Consortium. Attendenance at the World Wide Web conference provides me with an opportunity to monitor the latest Web developments and keep the community informed.

What were the highlights of the conference?