A succinct note on the Semantic Web
Via Tim
Bray, a succinct description of what the Semantic Web project is
about:
“So, given a URI, the Web has no
built-in way to ask questions about it, for example ‘What is this
about?’ or ‘When does it expire?’ or ‘Is this suitable
for children?’ or ‘Is this
good?’
The Semantic Web project is trying to make the whole Web smarter and more machine-readable, and obviously this is never going to happen without metadata. So a lot of really smart people are working hard to develop good ways to encode, organize, and interchange metadata keyed by URIs. Of course, these people's dreams aren't about mere search, they're about managing your schedule and your medical treatments and your shopping and your supply chain. All of which is fine; but if the Semantic Web ever takes off, there is going to be a whole lot more metadata available about a whole lot of stuff.”
The Semantic Web project is trying to make the whole Web smarter and more machine-readable, and obviously this is never going to happen without metadata. So a lot of really smart people are working hard to develop good ways to encode, organize, and interchange metadata keyed by URIs. Of course, these people's dreams aren't about mere search, they're about managing your schedule and your medical treatments and your shopping and your supply chain. All of which is fine; but if the Semantic Web ever takes off, there is going to be a whole lot more metadata available about a whole lot of stuff.”
Posted: Wed - July 30, 2003 at 05:38 PM The Occasional Masthead Technology Email Comments
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