- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 13:50:24 -0400
- To: DPawson@rnib.org.uk
- CC: wai-xtech@w3.org
DPawson@rnib.org.uk wrote: > > Sean: > > > [Semantic Web] > > The Semantic Web is a conceptual information space in which the > > resources identified by URIs can be processed by machines. It operates > > on the principles of "partial understanding" and "inference" (being > > able to infer new knowledge of terms from data that you already > > understand), and hence evolution and transformation.<delete> On an > > implementation basis, information is mostly represented as a set of > > triples (subject, predicate, object - similar to "noun verb object" in > > natural language), that allows machines to connect terms to one > > another. The relationships between the subjects and objects is often > > what gives the data its "meaning", and allows for the bootstrapping > > process to occur - for example "Zip in William's system is equivalent > > to Zip in Aaron's system, which is kinda like Postal Code in Sean's > > system".</delete> Because the URIs are being used to represent the > resources, > > systems can grow on a globally decentralized basis, similar to > > hypertext documentation systems on the early WWW. > > Since definitions are sought, I've marked a section as a candidate > delete from the above, rationale being that how it works is > partly redundant for a definition. > > Does that clarify? > I certainly think its a fair working definition. > I wonder what tbl would think of it! Check out information on the Semantic Web home page [1]: "The Semantic Web is a vision: the idea of having data on the web defined and linked in a way that it can be used by machines not just for display purposes, but for automation, integration and reuse of data across various applications." [1] http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/ I strongly recommend coordinating with the Semantic Web Activity if you are trying to define this term. - Ian -- Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs Tel: +1 831 457-2842 Cell: +1 917 450-8783
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