Courtesy of Henry
Story's post: O'Reilly
groks the Semantic Web.
Web 2.0 commentators such as
Mike Arrington, and as mentioned above,Tim
O'Reilly, both blogged about the imminent release of Freebase earlier today. Although I
haven't looked at this database yet, it is crystal clear to me that
it is one of many Web Databases to come. Others that I am
personally familiar with, and involved in, include: DBpedia (Wikipedia as a true Database) and
Zitgist (soon to be unveiled).
All of these databases mark the crystallization of the "Data
Web" and the imminence of what is increasingly referred to as
Web 3.0.
I certainly hope that all web 3.0 Database Providers keep the
data Open, adhere to
Web Best Practice recipes for sharing and publishing data, and
generally make the process of data, information, and knowledge
discovery via the Web much easier.