Editorial

摘要

This is the first issue of Volume 4. In just three years, the International Journal of Web Based Communities venture has matured indeed. The career of this journal goes in close synergy with the annual conferences from 2004 until now that can be found under the website of IADIS: International Conference on Web based Communities. Looking back to the thematic spectrum that was exposed in this journal, we may say that the community 'metaphor' has proliferated; the essence is what we call Web 2.0: information and transactions derive its meaning from the social context. What we may finally conclude is that the web will slowly give up its documentary nature and become essentially a meeting point.