WebIS
Webis is an acronym that commonly stands for Web Information Systems. Used in academic and industry contexts, it refers to groups, projects, or initiatives dedicated to the study and development of information systems that operate on the World Wide Web. In scholarly use, the term is often associated with university research labs that investigate how Web data can be collected, stored, analyzed, and presented to users, as well as how to design user-centered web applications.
Typical research topics within WebIS include web mining and data mining of online content, information retrieval
The term WebIS is not tied to a single organization and may refer to multiple independent labs