* This monograph will be also published in Spanish (full version printed; summary, abstracts, and some
articles online) by Novática, journal of the Spanish CEPIS society ATI (Asociación de Técnicos de
Informática) at <http://www.ati.es/novatica/>.
UPGRADE is the European Journal for the
Informatics Professional, published bimonthly
at <http://www.upgrade-cepis.org/>
Publisher
UPGRADE is published on behalf of CEPIS (Council of European Pro-
fessional Informatics Societies, <http://www.cepis.org/>) by Novática
<http://www.ati.es/novatica/>, journal of the Spanish CEPIS society ATI
(Asociación de Técnicos de Informática, <http://www.ati.es/>)
UPGRADE monographs are also published in Spanish (full version
printed; summary, abstracts and some articles online) by Novática
UPGRADE was created in October 2000 by CEPIS and was first
published by Novática and INFORMATIK/INFORMATIQUE, bi-
monthly journal of SVI/FSI (Swiss Federation of Professional
Informatics Societies, <http://www.svifsi.ch/>)
UPGRADE is the anchor point for UPENET (UPGRADE European
NETwork), the network of CEPIS member societies’ publications, that
currently includes the following ones:
Informatica, journal from the Slovenian CEPIS society SDI
Informatik-Spektrum, journal published by Springer Verlag on behalf
of the CEPIS societies GI, Germany, and SI, Switzerland
ITNOW, magazine published by Oxford University Press on behalf of
the British CEPIS society BCS
Mondo Digitale, digital journal from the Italian CEPIS society AICA
Novática, journal from the Spanish CEPIS society ATI
OCG Journal, journal from the Austrian CEPIS society OCG
Pliroforiki, journal from the Cyprus CEPIS society CCS
Pro Dialog, journal from the Polish CEPIS society PTI-PIPS
Tölvumál, journal from the Icelandic CEPIS society ISIP
Editorial TeamEditorial Team
Chief Editor: Llorenç Pagés-Casas
Deputy Chief Editor: Francisco-Javier Cantais-Sánchez
Associate Editors: Fiona Fanning
Rafael Fernández Calvo
Editorial Board
Prof. Wolffried Stucky, CEPIS Former President
Prof. Nello Scarabottolo, CEPIS Vice President
Fernando Piera Gómez and Llorenç Pagés-Casas, ATI (Spain)
François Louis Nicolet, SI (Switzerland)
Roberto Carniel, ALSI – Tecnoteca (Italy)
UPENET Advisory Board
Matjaz Gams (Informatica, Slovenia)
Hermann Engesser (Informatik-Spektrum, Germany and Switzerland)
Brian Runciman (ITNOW, United Kingdom)
Franco Filippazzi (Mondo Digitale, Italy)
Llorenç Pagés-Casas (Novática, Spain)
Veith Risak (OCG Journal, Austria)
Panicos Masouras (Pliroforiki, Cyprus)
Andrzej Marciniak (Pro Dialog, Poland)
Thorvardur Kári Ólafsson (Tölvumál, Iceland)
Rafael Fernández Calvo (Coordination)
English Language Editors: Mike Andersson, David Cash, Arthur
Cook, Tracey Darch, Laura Davies, Nick Dunn, Rodney Fennemore,
Hilary Green, Roger Harris, Jim Holder, Pat Moody, Brian Robson
Cover page designed by Concha Arias-Pérez
"Games of Mind" / © CEPIS 2009
Layout Design: François Louis Nicolet
Composition: Jorge Llácer-Gil de Ramales
Editorial correspondence: Llorenç Pagés-Casas <pages@ati.es>
Advertising correspondence: <novatica@ati.es>
UPGRADE Newslist available at
<http://www.upgrade-cepis.org/pages/editinfo.html#newslist>
Copyright
© Novática 2009 (for the monograph)
© CEPIS 2009 (for the sections UPENET and CEPIS News)
All rights reserved under otherwise stated. Abstracting is permitted
with credit to the source. For copying, reprint, or republication per-
mission, contact the Editorial Team
The opinions expressed by the authors are their exclusive responsibility
ISSN 1684-5285
Monograph of next issue (April 2009)
"Geographic Information Systems"
(The full schedule of UPGRADE is available at our website)
Monograph: Universal, Ubiquitous and Intelligent Web
(published jointly with Novática*)
Guest Editors:
Klaus Birkenbihl, Encarna Quesada-Ruiz, and Pablo Priesca-Balbín
CEPIS NEWS
55 Selected CEPIS News — Fiona Fanning
UPENET (UPGRADE European NETwork)
2 Presentation. The Present and the Future of the World
Wide Web — Klaus Birkenbihl, Encarna Quesada-Ruiz,
and Pablo Priesca-Balbín
5 The Web: What a Building! — Klaus Birkenbihl
11 Web Usage and Mobiles - Some Details and Trends from
2008 — Charles McCathieNevile
18 Using Web Technologies and Mobile Phones for Social
Development: W3C Approach — Stéphane Boyera
21 Turning Semantics into Syntax — Bert Bos
27 Content Annotation in the Future Web — Raúl
García-Castro and Andrés García-Silva
33 Semantic Web for Evolutionary Peer-to-Peer Knowledge
Space — Ossi Nykänen
41 The Zaragoza City Council Website: A Citizen Assistance
Service — María-Jesús Fernández-Ruiz and Víctor
Morlán-Plo
49 From Novática (ATI, Spain)
Health Informatics
The Development of Professional Competences in Health
Informatics: Experimenting the ‘ECDL Health’
Certification in Italy — Antonio Teti and Giuseppe Festa
Vol. X, issue No. 1, February 2009