When we talk about the Semantic Web, we are referring to an extension of the World Wide Web. Here, the semantics of information and services on the web is defined, and it makes possible for the web to understand and satisfy the requests of people and machines to use the web content.
Tim Berners-Lee, the man who percuted this idea, tried since the beggining to include some semantic information in his creation, but finally it became impossible for him. That was the main reason for his including of the semantic concept.
It has been described in some different ways such as: ” an utopic vision”, “a web of data” or “a natural paradigm shift”. It has had a great development and has helped creating many different tools like “Wikidsmart”.
References:
- Semantic Web (12th May 2009). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13.21, 18th May, 2009 from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_Web
- Human Language Technologies (HLT). From Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz. Retrieved 13.25, 18th May, 2009 from: http://www.dfki.de/lt/projects.php
- Semantic Web main page. (2009, March 25). In Wiki. Retrieved 13.30, 19th May, 2009 from: http://semanticweb.org/wiki/Main_Page
