The Web is fascinating! We've graduated from 1.0, to 2.0, and maybe on the verge of 3.0... aka The Intelligent Web It's all intelligent isn't it? To be able to communicate all over the world in VLE's, PLE's, retrieving information as well as producing, is miraculous! The term Intelligent Web actually tags the newer and deeper advancements that the web is making in the near future with Semantic web systems--the web of data that is not a part of the web but we all use everyday... "The Semantic Web provides a common framework that allows data to be shared and reused across application, enterprise, and community boundaries. It is a collaborative effort led by W3C with participation from a large number of researchers and industrial partners." (Herman, 2009)
So simply put, the Semantic Web (Web 3.0 to be) offers a better web experience that provides data integration in various formats and locations to be compiled into one seamless application. (Herman, 2009) The strength of the Semantic web is derived from the data. Its all about acquiring and merging the data: These applications use all kinds of data; data that are on the Web somewhere, or data that is embedded in the page though not necessarily visible on the screen. Examples are microformats type annotation of the page, calendar data on the Web, tagged images or links stored on a web site, etc. And its all retrievable for the purpose of providing a deeper, more involved web experience that caters specifically to the user: the data inputter...
Just how much deeper can the web go? The future only holds the answer. The intelligence that has made the advancements so far are only paving the way for further advancements to be made. This betterment of the Web users online experience heavily depends upon RDF: Resource Description Framework, that has features that facilitate data merging. It is a standard model for data interchange on the web, and using this simple model, it allows structured and semi-structured data to be mixed, exposed, and shared across different applications. So there's stuff going on behind the scenes that we as users aren't even aware of! That stuff is communication among these "systems" that have their communication capability based on what "data" we feed into them. There's a lot going on out there in the WWW. I wonder what will happen in terms of the future possibilites of finalizing web 3.0. Our human intelligence has gotten us this far. Will it come to pass...?
References:
Herman, I. (2009). W3C Semantic web. W3C Semantic Web Frequently Asked Questions. Retrieved July 27, 2010 from http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/SW-FAQ#whrdf
W3C, 2010.
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