Comments on: Got a great idea for the Semantic Web? http://segala.com/blog/got-a-great-idea-for-the-semantic-web/ Enabling a Reliable, Consistent and Trusted Experience Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:45:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Microformats are perfect for SPAMMERS http://segala.com/blog/got-a-great-idea-for-the-semantic-web/#comment-246 Microformats are perfect for SPAMMERS Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:56:48 +0000 http://segala.com/blog/2007/01/29/got-a-great-idea-for-the-semantic-web/#comment-246 [...] Why Microformats are good At a glance, they’re brilliant and the hCard is good because it means no more copying and pasting text from Web pages. Furthermore, Microformats is a decent example of how the Semantic Web can benefit everyone, albeit a very tiny example and a tiny implementation of the Semantic Web. [...] [...] Why Microformats are good At a glance, they’re brilliant and the hCard is good because it means no more copying and pasting text from Web pages. Furthermore, Microformats is a decent example of how the Semantic Web can benefit everyone, albeit a very tiny example and a tiny implementation of the Semantic Web. [...]

]]> By: nat http://segala.com/blog/got-a-great-idea-for-the-semantic-web/#comment-223 nat Sat, 03 Feb 2007 19:55:30 +0000 http://segala.com/blog/2007/01/29/got-a-great-idea-for-the-semantic-web/#comment-223 You could not have explained it better, David! I'd be interested to discuss the wider use of the semantic web. A few months back now, I read an article published by the BBC that described the Semantic Web as a web that could be "understood" by machines (as opposed to "read"). The article went on to say that at present searching for information is usually down to the person, and that it can be quite long winding process to find what you're looking for. With the semantic web data can be tagged and categorised so that the user can ask more complex questions such as (extracted from the BBC article): "find a hotel that costs less than £50 a night, that has a large swimming pool, and is less than five minutes walk from the beach.". Can you imagine the commercial implications of this? You could not have explained it better, David! I’d be interested to discuss the wider use of the semantic web. A few months back now, I read an article published by the BBC that described the Semantic Web as a web that could be “understood” by machines (as opposed to “read”). The article went on to say that at present searching for information is usually down to the person, and that it can be quite long winding process to find what you’re looking for.

With the semantic web data can be tagged and categorised so that the user can ask more complex questions such as (extracted from the BBC article): “find a hotel that costs less than £50 a night, that has a large swimming pool, and is less than five minutes walk from the beach.”. Can you imagine the commercial implications of this?

]]> By: Microformats are perfect for SPAMMERS at Segala Blog http://segala.com/blog/got-a-great-idea-for-the-semantic-web/#comment-222 Microformats are perfect for SPAMMERS at Segala Blog Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:41:34 +0000 http://segala.com/blog/2007/01/29/got-a-great-idea-for-the-semantic-web/#comment-222 [...] Why Microformats are good At a glance, they’re brilliant and the hCard is good because it means no more copying and pasting text from Web pages. Furthermore, Microformats is a decent example of how the Semantic Web can benefit everyone, albeit a very tiny example and a tiny implementation of the Semantic Web. [...] [...] Why Microformats are good At a glance, they’re brilliant and the hCard is good because it means no more copying and pasting text from Web pages. Furthermore, Microformats is a decent example of how the Semantic Web can benefit everyone, albeit a very tiny example and a tiny implementation of the Semantic Web. [...]

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