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Semantic Web And The Web

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another day, right now we are sticking to the Semantic Web. We should first wait until the Semantic Web is completed before we jump to the next thing on the list. (Aghaei, Nematbakhsh and Farsani) (Frauenfelder)
The million dollar question is: what is the Semantic Web? The Semantic Web is not a completely new web that is going to replace the current web, it is simply and extension from the present web. The idea of Web 3.0 is for the information in the web to be understood and recognized by the computer. Today the web is a big global storage that stores files for humans to read, not computers, humans. This in what the Semantic Web is going to change by allowing computers to read and understand the information and data stored in the web. …show more content…

A better way to help understand the Semantic Web would be a scenario placed by the Tim Berners-Lee. First, imagine that you are registering for an online conference. The website of the conference contains not only the event date, time and location, but also information from the closest hotel and airport. In real and regular life a you would have to make sure you have a time in your schedule that is compatible with the online conference for you to be able to attend. Next you would have to make arrangements for the flight by buying a ticket and for the hotel by reserving a room that meets your needs. According to Berners-Lee right now there is no way you can simply say “I want to go to the event” because you have to make plans by making arrangements. However, with the semantic web this scenario of simply wanting to go without making previous arrangements is possible because with the Semantic Web the airport and hotel arrangements can be done by simply pressing a button. The SM would book your flight and it will reserve your room as well, without you having the need to pick up the phone to call a reservation desk, or you having to visit the hotel’s or airport’s website. As you can see Web 3.0 can facilitate our tasks tremendously.(Frauenfelder) (Dumbill) (Hendler, Berners-Lee and Miller)
After reading about what the Semantic Web is it might seem like there is

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