Creating a Science of the Web

Since its inception, the World Wide Web has changed the ways scientists communicate, collaborate, and educate. There is, however, a growing realization among many researchers that a clear research agenda aimed at understanding the current, evolving, and potential Web is needed. If we want to model the Web; if we want to understand the architectural principles that have provided for its growth; and if we want to be sure that it supports the basic social values of trustworthiness, privacy, and respect for social boundaries, then we must chart out a research agenda that targets the Web as a primary focus of attention.

Creating a Science of Web

Our motivation is that the Web has been transformational and we need to understand it, we need to anticipate future developments and identify opportunities and threats. We need a new discipline: Web Science