The word “Semantic Web”
is the latest buzzword in the IT landscape. In a nutshell, it is all
about machines communicating with machines. It is about making the
Web even more intelligent. The best way the Semantic Web phenomena
can be described are computers analyzing all the information on the
web, i.e. the links, content and the transactions between computers
and people?
Semantic
Web – Is really Web 3.0?
There
are many who feel that the Web 3.0 is going to be the semantic web.
If we are to consider that Web 1.0 was all about utilizing the web as
a tool and Web 2.0 was primarily about incorporating ourselves to the
web, then it is a logical explanation that Web 3.0 is going to be
about teaching the web to understand us.
However,
it is a little too early to make assumptions about the Web 3.0 and
what it is likely to be. There is no doubt that it is going to be
used as a buzzword for semantic web and other advancements. However,
the next generation web can likely go in a completely new
direction, for instance a virtual world taking over the web browsers.
However, it is equally essential to consider that Mobile 2.0 too has
a lot to say about the future web.
What
is the Semantic Web and the way to get there?
As
reiterated before, the semantic web is a the concept of teaching the
web, that is to say teaching the next generation of web search
engines and browsers i.e. how to understand the content than just the
structure of the web. It is all about teaching the search engines to
understand, read and draw out the essence and be able to offer it to
us.
One
of the primary usages of this is better search engines. Web browsers
as well as search engines being capable of allowing answering simple
questions by mining the web for answers. At the same time, you might
just be able to highlight a particular phrase in your browser and
then have it come up with greater information about the phrase. For
instance, if you have been researching on horses, highlighting a
phrase on the types of horse food then you might have the browser
search up more information pertaining to the topic and deliver it on
the search page as sub topics.
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