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Web science is an emerging interdisciplinary field concerned with the study of large-scale socio-technical systems, particularly the World Wide Web. It considers the relationship between people and technology, the ways society and technology shape one another, and the impact of that relationship on the wider society, drawing on research from disciplines as diverse as sociology, computer science, economics and mathematics. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Origin Year
2006 1
Core Concern
Interdisciplinary study of the World Wide Web as a large-scale socio-technical system 1
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Associated With

Computer Networking, Fields
Human Computer Interaction, Fields
Semantic Web, Fields
Social Computing, Fields

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Andrei Broder, Pioneers
Source Andrei Broder, Wikipedia
Bert Bos, Pioneers
Source Wikipedia: Bert Bos
Brad Fitzpatrick, Pioneers
Source Brad Fitzpatrick (Wikipedia)
Brian Behlendorf, Pioneers
Source Brian Behlendorf (Wikipedia)
CSS, Programming Languages
Source Programming Language Database (PLDB): CSS
Dave Raggett, Pioneers
Source Dave Raggett (Wikipedia)
Douglas Crockford, Pioneers
Source Douglas Crockford (Wikipedia)
Eric Bina, Pioneers
Source Eric Bina (Wikipedia)
HTML, Programming Languages
Source Wikipedia: HTML
Maciej Stachowiak, Pioneers
Source Maciej Stachowiak - Wikipedia
Nicola Pellow, Pioneers
Source Nicola Pellow (Wikipedia)
Ramanathan V. Guha, Pioneers
Source Wikipedia: Ramanathan V. Guha
Robert Cailliau, Pioneers
Source Wikipedia: Robert Cailliau
Roy Fielding, Pioneers
Source Roy Fielding (Wikipedia)
Tim Bray, Pioneers
Source Tim Bray (Wikipedia)
Wendy Hall, Pioneers
Source Wikipedia: Wendy Hall
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Web science
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section, para 1
    Web science is an emerging interdisciplinary field concerned with the study of large-scale socio-technical systems, particularly the World Wide Web.
  • Lead paragraph, first sentence
    Web science is an emerging interdisciplinary field concerned with the study of large-scale socio-technical systems, particularly the World Wide Web.
  • In Group: Web and Semantic Technologies, lead section
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Brian Behlendorf (Wikipedia)
Includes: Brian Behlendorf, Lead section
Quote, Includes: Brian Behlendorf, Lead section
primary developer of the Apache Web server
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Tim Bray (Wikipedia)
Includes: Tim Bray, Lead section
Quote, Includes: Tim Bray, Lead section
one of the co-authors of the original XML specification
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Douglas Crockford (Wikipedia)
Includes: Douglas Crockford, Lead section
Quote, Includes: Douglas Crockford, Lead section
Crockford specified the data format JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)
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Maciej Stachowiak - Wikipedia
Includes: Maciej Stachowiak, Lead
Quote, Includes: Maciej Stachowiak, Lead
He is actively involved the development of web standards, served as a co-chair of the World Wide Web Consortium's HTML 5 working group and was a member of the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group steering committee.
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Eric Bina (Wikipedia)
Includes: Eric Bina, Lead
Quote, Includes: Eric Bina, Lead
Mosaic was posted to the Internet and is famed as the first killer application that popularized the Internet.
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Programming Language Database (PLDB): CSS
Includes: CSS, PLDB entry description
Quote, Includes: CSS, PLDB entry description
Along with HTML and JavaScript, CSS is a cornerstone technology used by most websites to create visually engaging webpages, user interfaces for web applications, and user interfaces for many mobile applications.
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Brad Fitzpatrick (Wikipedia)
Includes: Brad Fitzpatrick, Lead sentence [in-group]
Quote, Includes: Brad Fitzpatrick, Lead sentence [in-group]
He is best known as the creator of LiveJournal and is the author of a variety of free software projects such as memcached, WebSub, OpenID, and Perkeep.
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Wikipedia: Robert Cailliau
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Robert Cailliau, Lead paragraphView the Source
Wikipedia: Ramanathan V. Guha
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Ramanathan V. Guha, Lead paragraphView the Source
Wikipedia: Bert Bos
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Bert Bos, Lead paragraphView the Source
Nicola Pellow (Wikipedia)
Includes: Nicola Pellow, Lead paragraphView the Source
Dave Raggett (Wikipedia)
Includes: Dave Raggett, Lead paragraphView the Source
Wikipedia: HTML
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: HTML, Lead paragraphView the Source
Wikipedia: Wendy Hall
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Wendy Hall, Infobox field and known_for, lead paragraphView the Source
Andrei Broder, Wikipedia
Includes: Andrei Broder, Infobox field and known_for, lead paragraphView the Source
Roy Fielding (Wikipedia)
Includes: Roy Fielding, Infobox field and known_for, lead paragraphView the Source
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