The Semantic Web

Class 16 

PDF Handout: class16_semantic_web.pdf

The Quest for Information

The early Web gave us directories and search engines in order to find information. Web developers can code in meta data is assist in finding information. Social searches may aid in our ability to find what we are looking for.

No doubt, you have tried to find some specific piece of information, only to be frustrated with thousands of links to click on, which, in the end, did not produce the desired result.

The Semantic Web was an idea put forth by Tim Berners-Lee many years ago which would solve this problem by developing a Web where data can be integrated and shared.