While the Semantic Web continues to generate excitement, its usefulness has still been limited in scope. Efforts to expand its reach and effectiveness continually reveal new complications in performance on a larger scale. How are these problems being addressed, and when will the Semantic Web find scalable value?
Questions Answered:
What's the technical base for the Semantic Web now?
What value have people really found?
What are the technical barriers to value?
How do we create all-encompassing semantic standards that we all agree upon?
How do we go from standards/data to real value for average consumer?
What new tech challenges don't we even envision now, e.g. conflicting data, changing data, out of date data, bogus data, trust-free data?
How do we create lots of data cheaply for lots of verticals
What's the growth curve that brings us the most value?
How do we push certain kinds of data and bury other bits of data?
What does the Semantic Web do for the future of search, publishing, and dissemination of content?
Level:
Advanced
Category:
Information Architecture, New Technology / Next Generation