semanticweb.org a whole wiki dedicated to the concept of the semantic web.
The front page of this wiki gives a rough describtion of the term:
The front page of this wiki gives a rough describtion of the term:
"The Semantic Web is the extension of the World Wide Web that enables people to share content beyond the boundaries of applications and websites. It has been described in rather different ways: as a utopic vision, as a web of data, or merely as a natural paradigm shift in our daily use of the Web. Most of all, the Semantic Web has inspired and engaged many people to create innovative semantic technologies and applications."
But what does that actually mean?
Essentially, is is based on design principles, collaborative working groups and several technologies that allow users to make use of it. The Semantic Web has been in development for quite a few years and is based on the ideal of Tim Berners-Lee from the World Wide Web Consortium. Only in recent years have the concepts of the Semantic Web started to materialise and a lot of features of The Semantic Web are still "in the pipeline" so to speak.
Semantics are all about the MEANING of what is being said (unlike Syntax, which is all about HOW you say something), and when we keep that in mind the whole Semantic Web business begins to seem a little bit less vague. In essence the goal of the semantic web is to make hardware and someware smarter and able to understand what kind of things we want from the by analysing how we use it. By being able to understand what information we consume and share actually means, rather than just what it says it can searching and sharing information across users a lot more accurate. It is basically taking the web that we have now (arguable that's 2.0 or 3.0) and develops it further, making it more intuitive and ultimately better and more accurate by linking words with meanings.
But what does that actually mean?
Essentially, is is based on design principles, collaborative working groups and several technologies that allow users to make use of it. The Semantic Web has been in development for quite a few years and is based on the ideal of Tim Berners-Lee from the World Wide Web Consortium. Only in recent years have the concepts of the Semantic Web started to materialise and a lot of features of The Semantic Web are still "in the pipeline" so to speak.
Semantics are all about the MEANING of what is being said (unlike Syntax, which is all about HOW you say something), and when we keep that in mind the whole Semantic Web business begins to seem a little bit less vague. In essence the goal of the semantic web is to make hardware and someware smarter and able to understand what kind of things we want from the by analysing how we use it. By being able to understand what information we consume and share actually means, rather than just what it says it can searching and sharing information across users a lot more accurate. It is basically taking the web that we have now (arguable that's 2.0 or 3.0) and develops it further, making it more intuitive and ultimately better and more accurate by linking words with meanings.
"I have a dream for the Web [in which computers] become capable of analyzing all the data on the Web – the content, links, and transactions between people and computers. A ‘Semantic Web’, which should make this possible, has yet to emerge, but when it does, the day-to-day mechanisms of trade, bureaucracy and our daily lives will be handled by machines talking to machines. The 'intelligent agents' people have touted for ages will finally materialize."
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