So, what is the Web?

Allensuggests that it's people and not just documents. By the way, Allen's the guy who coined The World Live Web, which is whatTechnorati searches. And what you're reading now. Part of it, anyway.

It's documents, sure, but something more. He says we're not there yet, by a long shot:

The web of people will exist only when you can browse it, search, make a directory of it, etc. When you can go to a people-web search engine, type in a keyword, and everyone in the world associated with that keyword comes up, complete with a means to contact them (if they wish to be contacted) — then the people-web will have arrived.