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Semantic web

Semantic web

"It is a goal to create a seamless user experience with accurate results."--Fay, 2010

Users want

• answers NOW!!! 
• want machines to do the thinking
• interpret meaning

Criteria for the semantic web

• international web standards overseen by  World Wide Web Consortium ("W3C")
• user centered
• relies on structure
• needs to be rule based

What it does

• harvests data
• links data
• reuses data

What the semantic web looks like