The semantic web has been one of the hot buzz phrases of the last few years. The idea is that search engines are rubbish because they don't really understand the meaning of what users are ...

Widely regarded as science fiction, the Semantic Web promises a world where machines really understand each other. Eric Knorr asks if we've suddenly moved a step closer?

The semantic web is not a separate Web but an extension of the current one, in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation… To date, ...

The "semantic Web" is hugely important to tomorrow's business. Do not underestimate its significance: It truly changes everything. Embrace it, or risk extinction. But what is it? And what does it ...

The Semantic Web got a critical boost Tuesday from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). A term that has been tossed around for years, the Semantic Web is envisioned as a Web extension to make it ...

According to Spivack, Twine can be called a Semantic Web application because the software was written with Semantic Web standards, established by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), in mind.

For example, by marking up its profile pages with microformats, LinkedIn can allow Yahoo! Search and others to understand the semantic content and the relationships of the many components of its site.

What does all this mean? It means we can expect the web to get itself organized, in a hurry. At stake is a significant amount of traffic from Yahoo search, and anyone else that may choose to build ...

Technology for Web 3.0 is still in the works, but its supporters believe it will be more intelligent, connected and decentralised than Web 2.0 Check out our graphic below to learn more about how ...