Social networks are a recent trend. Social networking sites (SNS) connect and present people based on information based on them and stored as their user profiles. The user profile determines the way in which the user is able to present themselves to others. The most important distinguishing factor is the range of profile information each of the different sites present. This paper presents a review of the various classification of social networking portals whether they are registration or connection based, whether user profiles are social or professionally oriented and if explicit relationships can be defined; whether sites are non-profit or profit-based.
Semantic Web Portal – Community Portal Survey
A DERI research report surveying early social networking platforms, Friendster, LinkedIn, orkut and others, through a semantic web lens.
- Semantic Web
- Social Networking
- Community Portals
Citations
Venue
DERI Technical Report
Location
Galway, Ireland
Published
1 April 2004
Type
Technical Report
The Paper
Abstract
Authors & Affiliation
Collaboration
- Ina O’ Murchu, DERI, NUI Galway
- John Breslin, DERI, NUI Galway
- Stefan Decker, DERI, NUI Galway
In Brief
A structured survey of the social and business networking sites of the era, comparing user profile structures, search capabilities, business models, and privacy practices. Closes with concerns, addiction, identity theft, vague privacy policies, that read very differently twenty years on. Worth a small contextual note that this predates Facebook by two months, most readers will wonder where it is in a 2004 social networking survey.
What This Paper Explores
Cite This
O'Murchu, I., Breslin, J., & Decker, S. (2004). Semantic Web Portal: Community Portal Survey (DERI Technical Report). Digital Enterprise Research Institute, NUI Galway.