07.26.07
Evolution of the Web
We are starting to get a handle on the 2.0. Now along comes the Semantic Web (3.0).
Here are how some “visionaries” are describing this next step:
“Semantic Web” technology is to let computers understand the nuances and relationships in information they encounter—in a way, say, that a human knows the difference between a baseball batter and cake batter. Nova Spivack of Radar Networks
- from zdnet.com
The recent launch of Freebase.com, the first application of the semantic web engine being developed by Danny Hillis’ new company, Metaweb.
Metaweb has slurped in the contents of several of the web’s freely accessible databases, including much of wikipedia, and song tracks from musicbrainz. It then turns its users loose on not just adding more data items but making connections between them by filling out meta tags that categorize or otherwise connect the data items, using a typology that can be extended by users, wiki-style. “reminds me of 7 degrees of separation being brought together”
“a web of data that can be processed directly and indirectly by machines.” Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web.
from Altova.com
It seems even more addictive than that old Read/Write stuff….
