- From: Dan Brickley <danbri@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 14:14:10 -0500 (EST)
- To: <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>, <www-rdf-logic@w3.org>
RDF IG, From http://www.w3.org/ 9 February 2001: W3C is pleased to announce the launch of the Semantic Web Activity. The Semantic Web is a vision: the idea of data on the Web defined and linked in a way that it can be used by machines for automation, integration and reuse. The Web can reach its full potential only if it becomes a place where data can be shared and processed by automated tools as well as by people. Learn more in the Semantic Web Activity statement. See http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/ for the W3C Semantic Web Activity Statement (http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Activity) and information about the first SW Working Group, "RDF Core", which will take on the task of stabilising the basic RDF model, schema and syntax specs as a foundation for future SW developments. In particular, with the SW launch we say welcome aboard to Eric Miller, longtime RDF evangelist, who joins W3C as Activity Lead for the Semantic Web initiative. Also we owe thanks to Brian McBride (HP Labs), whose excellent work on RDF issue tracking has led us to rope him into co-chairing the new RDF Core Working Group. I'm personally thrilled to see this Activity launched, and to get to work more closely with Eric, Brian, and of course the members of the RDF lists, on making this Semantic Web thing happen. I think it's going to be a fun (and rather busy) year :-) So, more on all this shortly. Just wanted to send a quick heads-up in advance of details and formalities to follow... Dan -- mailto:danbri@w3.org http://www.w3.org/People/DanBri/
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