Proper noun
Semantic Web
(Internet) A proposed evolution of the World Wide Web whose pages have their subject matter formally encoded into them, without the need to rely on keyword phrases within the content.
semantic Web
Alternative letter-case form of Semantic Web
According to the W3C, "The Semantic Web provides a common framework that allows data to be shared and reused across application, enterprise, and community boundaries". Source: Internet
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. Source: Internet
Challenges Some of the challenges for the Semantic Web include vastness, vagueness, uncertainty, inconsistency, and deceit. Source: Internet
Compared to the public Semantic Web there are lesser requirements on scalability and the information circulating within a company can be more trusted in general; privacy is less of an issue outside of handling of customer data. Source: Internet
In Proc. of AAAI 2002 Conference Workshop on Ontologies For The Semantic Web, Edmonton, Canada, 2002 an open ontology and knowledge base of everyday common sense knowledge, has 12,000 terms linked to WordNet synonym sets. Source: Internet
In Semantic Web applications, and in relatively popular applications of RDF like RSS and FOAF (Friend of a Friend), resources tend to be represented by URIs that intentionally denote, and can be used to access, actual data on the World Wide Web. Source: Internet