As I was doing further research on Semantic Web, I came across an interesting site that had further information on the topic. According to the http://www.w3schools.com/semweb/default.asp site:
The Semantic Web is a web that is able to describe things in a way that computers can understand.
· The Beatles was a popular band from Liverpool.
· John Lennon was a member of the Beatles.
· "Hey Jude" was recorded by the Beatles.
Sentences like the ones above can be understood by people. But how can they be understood by computers? Statements are built with syntax rules. The syntax of a language defines the rules for building the language statements. But how can syntax become semantic? This is what the Semantic Web is all about. Describing things in a way that computers applications can understand it. The Semantic Web is not about links between web pages. The Semantic Web describes the relationships between things (like A is a part of B and Y is a member of Z) and the properties of things (like size, weight, age, and price) Our guest speaker also discussed The RDF (Resource Description Framework), which is a language for describing information and resources on the web. Putting information into RDF files, makes it possible for computer programs to search, discover, pick up, collect, analyze and process information from the web.The Semantic Web uses RDF to describe web resources.
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