The Web is Evolving Intelligence
Note that Web 2.0 and 3.0 are called symantic web etc. At what point will Web 8.0 be called
"Intelligent Web"?
The Semantic Web is an evolving extension of the World Wide Web in which the semantics of
information and services on the web is defined, making it possible for the web to understand
and satisfy the requests of people and machines to use the web content. It derives from W3C
director Tim Berners-Lee's vision of the Web as a universal medium for data, information,
and knowledge exchange.
At its core, the semantic web comprises a set of design principles, collaborative working
groups, and a variety of enabling technologies. Some elements of the semantic web are
expressed as prospective future possibilities that are yet to be implemented or realized.
Other elements of the semantic web are expressed in formal specifications. Some of these
include Resource Description Framework (RDF), a variety of data interchange formats (e.g.
RDF/XML, N3, Turtle, N-Triples), and notations such as RDF Schema (RDFS) and the Web
Ontology Language (OWL), all of which are intended to provide a formal description of
concepts, terms, and relationships within a given knowledge domain.
Examples:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2008_Communique
http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2009/03/15/ontology-summit-2009-toward-ontology-
based-standards/
Each annual Ontology Summit initiative makes a statement appropriate to each Summit’s
theme as part of our general advocacy designed to bring ontology science and engineering
into the mainstream. The theme this year is "Towards an Open Ontology Repository". This
communiqué represents the joint position of those who were engaged in the year's summit
discourse on an Open Ontology Repository (OOR) and of those who endorse below. In this
discussion, we have agreed that an "ontology repository is a facility where ontologies and
related information artifacts can be stored, retrieved and managed." (1GUJ)
We believe in the promise of semantic technologies based on logic, databases and the
Semantic Web, a Web of exposed data and of interpretations of that data (i.e., of semantics),
using common standards. Such technologies enable distinguishable, computable, reusable,
and sharable meaning of Web and other artifacts, including data, documents, and services.
We also believe that making that vision a reality requires additional supporting resources
and these resources should be open, extensible, and provide common services over the
ontologies. (1GUK)
A number of controlled vocabularies and ontologies have been encoded in RDF, OWL, and
other knowledge representation languages, but only a fraction of these have fostered
significant reuse. While there are many issues that can limit the potential for reuse, a
significant contributing factor is the lack of well-specified policies for vocabulary
management, metadata, and provenance specification. Several of the most prominent RDF
vocabularies currently in use have emerged from a close collaboration between a relatively
small community of developers and a larger community of users. The prominence of these
vocabularies may be attributed to their utility, but also to the commitment, made by those
responsible for developing and maintaining the vocabularies, to accommodating, serving,
and working with a community of users. (ref.) In addition to a lack of policies and metadata,
the lack of open and available infrastructure and services to support reuse is an impediment
to adoption of these semantic technologies. (1GUL)
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Note that Web 2.0 and 3.0 are called symantic web etc. At what point will Web 8.0 be called
"Intelligent Web"?
The Semantic Web is an evolving extension of the World Wide Web in which the semantics of
information and services on the web is defined, making it possible for the web to understand
and satisfy the requests of people and machines to use the web content. It derives from W3C
director Tim Berners-Lee's vision of the Web as a universal medium for data, information,
and knowledge exchange.
At its core, the semantic web comprises a set of design principles, collaborative working
groups, and a variety of enabling technologies. Some elements of the semantic web are
expressed as prospective future possibilities that are yet to be implemented or realized.
Other elements of the semantic web are expressed in formal specifications. Some of these
include Resource Description Framework (RDF), a variety of data interchange formats (e.g.
RDF/XML, N3, Turtle, N-Triples), and notations such as RDF Schema (RDFS) and the Web
Ontology Language (OWL), all of which are intended to provide a formal description of
concepts, terms, and relationships within a given knowledge domain.
Examples:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2008_Communique
http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2009/03/15/ontology-summit-2009-toward-ontology-
based-standards/
Each annual Ontology Summit initiative makes a statement appropriate to each Summit’s
theme as part of our general advocacy designed to bring ontology science and engineering
into the mainstream. The theme this year is "Towards an Open Ontology Repository". This
communiqué represents the joint position of those who were engaged in the year's summit
discourse on an Open Ontology Repository (OOR) and of those who endorse below. In this
discussion, we have agreed that an "ontology repository is a facility where ontologies and
related information artifacts can be stored, retrieved and managed." (1GUJ)
We believe in the promise of semantic technologies based on logic, databases and the
Semantic Web, a Web of exposed data and of interpretations of that data (i.e., of semantics),
using common standards. Such technologies enable distinguishable, computable, reusable,
and sharable meaning of Web and other artifacts, including data, documents, and services.
We also believe that making that vision a reality requires additional supporting resources
and these resources should be open, extensible, and provide common services over the
ontologies. (1GUK)
A number of controlled vocabularies and ontologies have been encoded in RDF, OWL, and
other knowledge representation languages, but only a fraction of these have fostered
significant reuse. While there are many issues that can limit the potential for reuse, a
significant contributing factor is the lack of well-specified policies for vocabulary
management, metadata, and provenance specification. Several of the most prominent RDF
vocabularies currently in use have emerged from a close collaboration between a relatively
small community of developers and a larger community of users. The prominence of these
vocabularies may be attributed to their utility, but also to the commitment, made by those
responsible for developing and maintaining the vocabularies, to accommodating, serving,
and working with a community of users. (ref.) In addition to a lack of policies and metadata,
the lack of open and available infrastructure and services to support reuse is an impediment
to adoption of these semantic technologies. (1GUL)
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