---
title: "Fleshing out Web 2.0"
date: 2005-09-15
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2005"
    url: "/tag/2005.md"
---

# Fleshing out Web 2.0

A new blog called [Web Service Finder](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315002714/http://wsfinder.typepad.com/web_service_finder/) has done a [Map of the Web 2.0 World](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315002714/http://wsfinder.typepad.com/web_service_finder/2005/09/map_of_the_worl.html) and opened it up for editing on [a Wiki](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315002714/http://wsfinder.jot.com/WikiHome/MapOfTheWorld). This is by the same blog that did [a directory of APIs and Web Services](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315002714/http://wsfinder.jot.com/WikiHome) – currently featuring 105 APIs and 27 examples. [Chris Law](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315002714/http://people.tribe.net/claw), who helped found the social networking site [Tribe](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315002714/http://www.tribe.net/), is the guy behind it.

It’s great to see all these API resources coming out – I pointed to [ProgrammableWeb’s directory](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315002714/http://www.programmableweb.com/apis) the other day.

I really like the Map of the Web 2.0 World. Chris has categorized it as follows:

> Data Silos: Sites that create or originate content but do not share them openly are what I call data silos. Many of the “Web 1.0” companies fall into this area. Examples include: Match.com, Career Builder,
> 
> Web Service Providers : Sites that expose functionality and data openly are what I call web service providers. Examples: Google Maps, eBay API, Flickr
> 
> Data Silo Aggregator: Sites that unify data from separate data silos into one common view. Examples: AP News Wire (offline), Indeed.com, Oodle
> 
> Web Services Aggregators: Sites that unify separate web services and/or data silos. Examples: Chicago Crime Guy, Weatherbonk, Craigslist/Google maps mashup

There’s a more detailed categorization on the Wiki. I think there’s some synergy with my [categorization](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315002714/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/002818.php) and mapping [of RSS Vendors](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315002714/http://readwriteweb.jot.com/WikiHome) – also on a JotSpot wiki. With all this categorization, mapping and directory-building going on, it shows that the Web 2.0 world is maturing and beginning to be fleshed out.

I also enjoyed Chris’ [earlier post](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315002714/http://wsfinder.typepad.com/web_service_finder/2005/09/goals.html) about his goals for the wiki. Although in it he wrote: “I haven’t managed to find a blog that focuses the discussion how the world changes once web 2.0 comes into existence.” Well this is actually what [Read/Write Web](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315002714/http://readwriteweb.com/) has been doing for the past year and it’s one of the things I’m focusing hard on right now.

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/fleshing_out_we.php))*