| Introduction | | | | Resources created in this hierarchy can be identified |
| Semantic web as defined by the creator of the web | | | | using a resource identifier (URI), which enables a |
| Tim Berners-Lee is "a web of data, in some ways like | | | | document given to a machine with this identification |
| a global database" (Berners-Lee, 1998). To elaborate | | | | to be recognized by the system and triggers it to dig |
| further Mr. Berners-Lee explains in an interview held | | | | and find similar data (Berners-Lee, 1998). |
| by IDG Now, data is expressed on computers as | | | | Implications |
| associated files with applications that deal specifically | | | | Semantic web can be the solution to overpower the |
| with information, an example would be, data in | | | | limitations of current information management |
| calendars, bank systems, spreadsheets, and database | | | | systems in finding and extracting data from |
| application. Looking at a web page, data is not clearly | | | | unorganized resources. RDF is meant to describe any |
| defined and not associated with any of the | | | | data regardless of its character, location, source, or |
| applications usually on computers. Semantic web will | | | | type, the concept of URI is richer to uniquely identify |
| allow data to interact and connect together; it will | | | | any object on the web (Berners-Lee, 1998). The |
| bring on a common data format for all applications, | | | | pillars of Semantic web are standards and common |
| for databases and web pages alike (Moon, 1999). | | | | protocols that are the bases for knowledge |
| Semantic web is not to build an artificial intelligence | | | | representation; HTML, RDF, the data language |
| system which allows computers to understand what | | | | resource description web ontology language (OWL) |
| humans write on web pages; on the contrary, it is an | | | | that describes to the machine what is going on, in |
| attempt to make web pages more understandable | | | | addition to RDF1 which is a query language to make |
| and well-defined to support automatic extraction of | | | | inquiries among machines much easer, will all emerge |
| data from within web content (Berners-Lee, 1998). | | | | and collaborate to bring in more to the web and |
| Analysis | | | | more intelligent programs that will bring the Internet |
| The emergence of the web and the way HTML took | | | | more closer (Cleave, 2004). |
| off was driven by how society's needed to grew, | | | | The current research and implementation of Abilene |
| from Internet chat to file transfer to high-end | | | | network and the Next Generation Internet (NGI) |
| communities through blogs and wiki's. HTML was not | | | | Internet 2 of high-performance backbone network |
| limited to web content, knowledge base and help files | | | | linking major universities and research labs across the |
| adapted the language as a format to document | | | | US, is a good foundation for what Semantic web can |
| software applications and provide training material. | | | | do, and represent the perfect platform for grid |
| The revolution of technologies on the Internet | | | | computing, digital libraries, virtual laboratories, and |
| allowed companies like Google to index pages; a | | | | distance learning (Abilene, Internet2). Internet2 or I2 |
| thought that was very far away, says Tim | | | | was developed by a group of universities in 1996 |
| Berners-Lee in his lecture at MIT. Web services have | | | | providing improved connectivity standards to reach |
| evolved to pave the road for distributed information | | | | 10gbps (gigabits per second). With more than 227 |
| and modular programming allowing interoperability | | | | universities and libraries connected, network based |
| among sites. Through XML, data in one site can be | | | | applications and experimental programs can run on |
| used by another using the common protocols and | | | | this network of high-bandwidth connection feeding on |
| standards supported by both (Berners-Lee, 1998). | | | | the latest technology of gigabit Ethernet and IP |
| XML defines schemas that deal with fields of data, | | | | protocol version 6 (Reardon, 2004). Semantic web |
| what is required is a system that can tell the | | | | standards can be the base of material and data |
| computer what sort of information (data) it can | | | | distributed on this network, providing the best test |
| derive from within a page (Moon, 1999). With Web | | | | platform to explore the full potential and what can be |
| 3.0 a site will provide data that can be navigated | | | | achieved. |
| through and extracted from multiple sites, this is a | | | | Conclusion |
| result of the fact that semantic web data model is | | | | Tim Berners-Lee believes that with Web 3.0 we can |
| closely related to a relational database where records | | | | succeed and fantastic things can happen, but the |
| of data share common fields that connect them | | | | infrastructure need to be built, laws of privacy and |
| together (Berners-Lee, 1998). | | | | security need to be revised and honored, further |
| The solution provided to support semantic web is in | | | | more, the web need to remain open for researchers |
| the form of metadata that describes the data | | | | to allow for continuous upgrade and development. |
| contained on web pages. Resource Description | | | | Semantic web will kick off when individuals materialize |
| Framework (RDF) is a base to manage metadata; it | | | | the need to work on data processing, and think |
| is the ground that computers can use to exchange | | | | about collaborating their data, with company's |
| and interact with applications on the Web (W3C RFC, | | | | information and that of the government (Moon, |
| 1999). The applications for RDF include digital libraries, | | | | 1999). |
| online catalogs, and indexing systems that are usually | | | | References: |
| associated with content and content relationships | | | | |
| models deployed in most web pages. With RDF data | | | | 1. Berners-Lee, Tim. 1998. Semantic Web Road |
| within business portals will be analyzed and identified | | | | map.W3C team. (14 October 1998) DesignIssues |
| as resources, properties, or statements transparent | | | | Semantic (accessed 16 Jul 2007) |
| to the domain, further more, the specifications will | | | | 2. Moon, Peter. 1999. The future of the Web as seen |
| merge with other documents to comprise a | | | | by its creator. IT World IDG Now (7 July 1999) |
| framework of classes. Classes organized as a | | | | (accessed 14 Jul 2007) |
| hierarchy comprises a schema that can be reusable | | | | 3. W3C RFC. 1999. Resource Description Framework |
| as metadata definitions along side multiple platforms. | | | | (RDF) Model and Syntax Specification. |