Semantic Web

I was reading Newsweek Special Edition when I came across the term "Semantic Web". Apparently, it is a new project founded by Tim Berners-Lee. Let us look at some quotes to get an idea...

"If HTML and the Web made all the online documents look like one huge book, RDF, schema, and inference languages will make all the data in the world look like one huge database."
-- Tim Berners-Lee, Weaving the Web, 1999

"The Semantic Web is an extension of the current web in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation."
-- Tim Berners-Lee, James Hendler, Ora Lassila, The Semantic Web, Scientific American, May 2001

Read more:
W3C Semantic Web
SemanticWeb.org
Wikipedia - Semantic Web

Also, if possible, grab a copy of Newsweek Special Edition. It includes essays by King Abdullah II, British PM Tony Blair, Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong, Eric Schmidt of Google, an interview with Tim Berners-Lee and of course, Fareed Zakaria of Newsweek.


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