U-Z
UDDI (universal
description, discovery and integration) A virtual yellow pages for Web
services that lets software discover what Web services are available and
how to hook up to them. See Web services.
VOIP.
Phonecalls over the Internet. When you conduct a meeting with Centra or
Groove, people from all over the world can speak with one another with
NO PHONE CHARGES. The technology is not yet out of the woods; unable to
reach someone at Cisco last year, a colleague explained, “Oh, she’s
testing one of our VOIP phones. She never receives her calls.”
Warchalking.
Marking the location of open wi-fi connections to the net on the sidewalk
or wall in chalk.
WSDL
- Web services description language. If UDDI is a virtual yellow pages,
WSDL is the little blurb associated with each entry that describes what
kind of work the Web service can doâ??say, that it can give you access
to a database of ZIP codes.
Web log.
AKA blog. Try this one.
“If journalism is the first draft of history, then blogging is sometimes
the first draft of journalism….” says Ed
Cone.
Web
services. Standards that enable interoperability on applications
on the net. Includes XML, SOAP, UDDI, and WSDL. More
Wireless learning.
Tell me once again. If my cell phone craps out at random intervals, how
will a wireless modem enable me to cut the cord?
Workflow Learningâ?¢Also,
Workflow-based Learningâ?¢. Term coined by researcher Sam Adkins to
describe the sort of learning the real-time extended enterprise
requires. The merger of work and learning in Enterprise Application
Integration. Seen Workflow Learning Institute. Term is trademarked by Internet Time Group.
XML.
eXtensible Markup Language. Like HTML but more flexible because you can
redefine tags to say whatever you want. Instead of <H1>, you might
have <duration> or <invoice>. This enables computers to talk
with one another without pesky human intervention.
For learning objects, XML is equivalent to
the labels on cans at the supermarket — it’s lets you determine what’s
inside without opening the package. This enables an object-level Learning
Management System to assemble strings of learning objects into