The terms used to represent and describe an area of knowledge is called as ontology. For applications that need to merge information from or search across diverse communities ontologies are critical. Although DTDs , XML and XML Schemas are enough for exchanging data between parties who have beforehand agreed to the definitions. Due to their lack of semantics the machines deny performing this task with new XML vocabularies.
The vision for the future of the web is Semantic web in which explicit meaning is given to information, making
The legality behind web semantics is something that many of us may not think about. Not true for Joel Alleyne:
"One of the things that surprised me when I started working with law firms is that most firms and most tech people ask one question repeatedly that seems to stifle innovation and the development of new concepts and ideas. When presented with something new, most ask: “which other law firm is doing this?’ While this makes some sense and provides a way of weeding out wacky ideas with no traction, it also limits innovation and creativity.
The Future is Here
"If [computer networking] were a traditional science, Berners-Lee would win a Nobel Prize,” Eric Schmidt, CEO of Novell, once commented. Indeed, Tim Berners-Lee revolutionized the world when he created the web in 1991. Now, he is talking about the second generation of the web and his talks are generating buzz, the W3C is establishing standards for it, and universities, companies and industry consortiums are building the technologies necessary for it. He refers to it as The Semantic Web.
The Semantic Web is envisaged as a place
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