Why You Should Read This Book Now
Events become interrelated into trends because of an underlying attractive goal, which individual actors attempt to achieve often only partially. For example, the trend toward electronic device convergence is based on the goal of packing related features together to reduce device cost and improve utility. The trend toward software components is based on the goal of software reuse, which lowers cost and increases speed to market. The trend of do-it-yourself construction is based on the goals of individual empowerment, pride in accomplishment, and reduced cost. The trend toward the Semantic Web is based on the goal of semantic interoperability of data, which enables application independence, improved search facilities, and improved machine inference.
Smart organizations do not ignore powerful trends. Additionally, if the trend affects or improves mission-critical applications, it is something that must be mastered quickly. This is the case with the Semantic Web. The Semantic Web is emerging today in thousands of pilot projects in diverse industries like library science, defense, medicine, and finance. Additionally, technology leaders like IBM, HP, and Adobe have Semantic Web products available, and many more IT companies have internal Semantic Web research projects. In short, key areas of the Semantic Web are beyond the research phase and have moved into the implementation phase.
The Semantic Web dominoes have begun to tumble: from XML to Web services to taxonomies to ontologies to inference. This does not represent the latest fad; instead, it is the culmination of years of research and experimentation in knowledge representation. The impetus now is the success of the World Wide Web. HTML, HTTP, and other Web technologies provide a strong precedent for successful information sharing. The existing Web will not go away; the introduction of Semantic Web technologies will enhance it to include knowledge sharing and discovery.
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