<s>
Participatory	O
Web	B-General_Concept
2.0	I-General_Concept
for	I-General_Concept
development	I-General_Concept
(	O
in	O
short	O
Web2forDev	B-General_Concept
)	O
was	O
a	O
term	O
coined	O
around	O
2007-2008	O
to	O
describe	O
new	O
ways	O
of	O
employing	O
legemvweb	O
services	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
improve	O
information	O
sharing	O
and	O
collaborative	O
production	O
of	O
content	O
in	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
development	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
typical	O
Web2forDev	B-General_Concept
scenario	O
data	O
and/or	O
functionalities	O
from	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
free/low	O
cost	O
online	O
applications	O
are	O
combined	O
and	O
served	O
as	O
mashups	B-Application
thus	O
ensuring	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
online	O
services	O
at	O
low	O
cost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Web2forDev	B-General_Concept
was	O
first	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
term	O
at	O
the	O
Web2forDev	B-General_Concept
International	O
Conference	O
organised	O
by	O
CTA	O
and	O
other	O
development	O
partners	O
in	O
Rome	O
at	O
FAO	O
in	O
September	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	B-License
source	I-License
and	O
proprietary	O
,	O
free	O
or	O
low-cost	O
interactive	O
user	O
centered	O
applications	O
that	O
promote	O
communication	O
,	O
online	O
collaboration	O
,	O
sharing	O
information	O
,	O
user	O
empowerment	O
,	O
and	O
social	O
networking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Considering	O
the	O
constraints	O
which	O
affect	O
many	O
developing	O
countries	O
,	O
Web2forDev	B-General_Concept
applications	O
are	O
usually	O
low-bandwidth	O
friendly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet/SMS	O
gateways	O
are	O
being	O
used	O
to	O
distribute	O
development-related	O
information	O
to	O
people	O
with	O
access	O
to	O
mobile	O
phones	O
but	O
without	O
access	O
to	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
these	O
gateways	O
enable	O
mobile	O
phone	O
users	O
to	O
make	O
their	O
presence	O
on	O
the	O
internet	O
by	O
posting	O
to	O
blogs	O
and	O
online	O
databases	O
via	O
sms	B-Device
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tagging	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
and	O
content	O
aggregation	O
enable	O
users	O
with	O
access	O
to	O
only	O
low-bandwidth	O
to	O
find	O
quickly	O
the	O
information	O
they	O
are	O
searching	O
for	O
,	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
navigate	O
through	O
many	O
bandwidth-demanding	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
who	O
do	O
n't	O
own	O
their	O
own	O
PCs	B-Device
are	O
using	O
online	O
services	O
to	O
store	O
all	O
their	O
data	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
emails	O
,	O
documents	O
,	O
photos	O
,	O
etc.	O
,	O
thus	O
having	O
access	O
to	O
them	O
from	O
any	O
computer	O
connected	O
to	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
way	O
,	O
online	O
storage	O
spaces	O
and	O
related	O
services	O
substitute	O
physical	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
spaces	O
(	O
PCs	B-Device
)	O
which	O
in	O
many	O
regions	O
are	O
shared	O
by	O
many	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
