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In any user-generated content system, the level of collaboration varies a lot among users. Adar and Huberman found that two-thirds of users share no files available on Gnutella. In some open source development communities the estimation is that 4% of the developers contribute with nearly to 88% of new codes, and 66% of code fixes. Something similar also happens in wikipedia.org where a highly productive small community sustain the number and the quality of its content - a community in which some members spend up to 30 hours a week volunteering their time to research and write articles (Forte & Bruckman). Jimmy Wales, founder of wikipedia, also defends that the social dynamic behind a system can improve the quality of its content. (more…)

There has been a great excitement about Application Programming Interfaces (API). Indeed, they have helped Web 2.0 services develop rapidly and have facilitated the creation of mash-ups of data from various sources. The most used one is with no doubt the GoogleMaps api, indeed we can see the maps everywhere, but there are still lots of unknown “open APIs” available on the web (that don’t require license or payment for royalties). One way of finding out what APIs are available is to look at the Programmable Web website. It keeps track of the number of APIs and what people are doing with them. It pays to have a look…

Here we go!
This is my master proposal.
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