[Sigia-l] What is the "Semantic Web"?

[Bob Doyle]

Hi Dave,

What exactly is "Semantic HTML?"  It's new to me. 

The Semantic Web is not at all easy to understand.  Most everyone is in 
the clueless category.  You are one of the few frank enough to admit it.

One way to think about Sematic Web is to understand what it is trying to do.

The goal of the Semantic Web is to allow construction of an Inference 
Engine that can follow the relationships between web resources (anything 
at a URL or URI) and draw inferences (gain knowledge) about any given 
resource.  It is in this respect the child of fifty years of Artificial 
Intelligence research.

Another source of  info is the Content Management Glossary on the CMS Wiki.

http://www.cmswiki.com/tiki-index.php?page=SemanticWeb

Dave wrote:

>Ok, I know what semantic HTML is.
>But I have been hearing a lot about "the semantic web" and feel
>unnecessarily clueless.
>
>any offers of answers?
>
>Thanx!
>
>--dave
>  
>
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