Do We Need the Semantic Web?
Yes we do, and we will have one. The article below looks at some
of the challenges associated with this quest (for the most part the
concerns are valid but not insumountable).
EEK
Speaks about the semantic web. A well written article, covering
a variety of points. Also talks about >a
href="http://www.wiley.com/legacy/compbooks/daconta/sw/">Michael
Daconta et al's Semantic Web book, which sounds worthwhile. I�ll
pick up just one point to talk about:
�Who�s going to be building ontologies? I don�t think regular folks
will, and if I�m right, then that makes it very difficult to expect
a network effect on the order of the World Wide Web.�
Quite. To me, the fine work in ontology engineering will be
important in structured knowledge domains (such as biology) and in
scenarios where certainty is important (like trust services).
OTOH, the most successful examples of
network effect are semantically weak (like FOAF) or even empty (hyperlinks). I�m not sure I�d go
so far as to say that semantic complexity is inversely proportional
to network effect. But it approximates my current intuition. Of
course I could be wrong ;)
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