To understand the Semantic Web

11 Things To Know About Semantic Web - ReadWriteWeb
Excellent article about what we can expect from the upcoming wave, called the "Semantic Web" or sometimes referred to as "Web 3.0", as if it could actually be a sequel for web 2.0. It is certainly not a sequel, as this easy-reading article, explains, but it certainly is a new wave that build more on something that has already been adopted. Some observations that I found particularly interesting from this article are:

• The decline of relational database technology, enabling the possibility of creating "structure" on the fly.
• The focus is now on "integration" and "structure" of information and services
• Vertical search: the use of many tools to create structure in a single domain
• (and here is my favorite) Tagging is THE disruptive technology. We will continue to tag, but now adding more structure.
• If Web 2.0 enabled the community to add "content", the semantic web will allow this community to add "structure" to this content, which in the end adds greater meaning to the content.
  

The tools to add structure will be as easy-to-use as the ones created to add content, thus becoming appealing to the common user to become even more active in his/her creation. Again, the same paradigm that the user adds value remains. And this once more will have a significant impact in learning.

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