An overview of technology trends and innovation potential in recording, storing, dissemination, presentation, application and creation of knowledge

Many recent advances on the Web, including Blog, RSS, and Wiki are centered on the same theme, knowledge dissemination and sharing. This paper gives an overview of the trends of knowledge disseminating and sharing technologies, the driving forces behind them, the social impact, and the affected old technologies. This paper also covers the evolution of knowledge recording, storing, presentation, application, and creation. It is possible to foresee, with the study of current trends, the emerging products and services and how they will shape our society in the next few years.