Friday, 27 March 2009

Week 9, How does semantic web differ from web 3.0?

To take the Web to the next level -- to move from Web 2.0 to Web 3.0 -- the information in online documents will have to be turned into data that a machine can read and evaluate on its own. Computers will then be able to take over tasks we now do by hand such as look up maps, book flights, and buy CDs.

I can be thought of as the difference between two dimensions and three dimensions. "People will see the Web start to become smarter," Spivack says. "Eventually it will have some reasoning capabilities built into it."

The writers of “The Semantic Web” explained that, when much of the information on the Web is encoded in such a way that it can be processed automatically, software agents will be able to perform complicated tasks on behalf of users, like booking a doctor’s appointment that fits a person’s schedule and health plan.



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