"The Semantic Web is about two things. It is about common formats for integration and combination of data drawn from diverse sources, where on the original Web mainly concentrated on the interchange of documents. It is also about language for recording how the data relates to real world objects. That allows a person, or a machine, to start off in one database, and then move through an unending set of databases which are connected not by wires but by being about the same thing."
W3C Semantic Web Activity
There have been some interesting interviews on the topic on the "Talking with Talis" podcast:
- Inigo Surguy Talks with Talis about 67 Bricks and the Semantic Web
- Andreas Harth Talks with Talis about the Semantic Web Search Engine and SIOC
- Mathieu d'Aquin Talks with Talis about Networked Ontologies and the Semantic Web
As far as I can understand, once the standards and methods expounded by the supporters of this concept are realised, searching the web and the ways in which we are able to find and combine information will be revolutionized. I look forward to reaping those benefits, and hopefully by the time they are available to librarians I will also have a firmer grasp on just exactly what it all means and what implications it could have for information privacy.
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