March 4, 2007

3:30 PM - 6:45 PM

Level: Introductory/All Levels

Have you read or seen much on the next evolution of the web called Web 2.0? Web 2.0 is a collection of technologies and frameworks that enable collaboration from a social perspective. We can see this transformation from Web 1.0 to the more collaborative Web 2.0 all around us. Products like Microsoft’s SharePoint, IBM’s WorkSpace, and many others are transforming the corporate landscape for knowledge and information collections. Outside the corporation, the success of Wikipedia, Folksonomies, RSS, and weblogs are undeniably changing every aspect of our lives. The Internet and associated technologies are under constant evolution. Within the world of metadata, we have seen three such transformations. After studying the Web 2.0 environment, I believe the next transformation is clear.

Attendees will learn the following:

• An overview of Web 2.0 technologies
• Review one organizations implementation of collaboration technologies
• Review the next iteration of metadata value for the enterprise

Todd Stephens is the technical director of the Metadata Services Group for the BellSouth Corporation, an Atlanta-based telecommunications organization. Todd has served as the director since 1999 and is responsible for setting the corporate strategy and architecture for the development and implementation of the Enterprise Metadata Repositories. For the past 20 years, Todd has worked in the Information Technology field including leadership positions at BellSouth, Coca-Cola, Georgia-Pacific and Cingular Wireless.

Todd writes a monthly online column in DMReview and has delivered keynotes, tutorials and educational sessions for a wide variety of technology conferences. The majority of his research is focused on Metadata Reuse, Semantic Zooming, enabling Trust within the Internet, Usability and Repository Frameworks. On this, Todd has been awarded nine U.S. patented and pending patents in the field of Metadata and a co-author for upcoming books on web-enabled applications, open source, and collaboration.