The Semantic Web

I must blog about what the "Semantic Web" is. Thanks to Dr. C's YouTube video, "Rollo Uncovers Mysteries of the Semantic Web", I got some information on that.

Semantics means "the study of meaning". It comes from the Greek word semantikos.

Semantic Web comprises technologies and methods that facilitate the understanding by machines of the meaning ("semantics") of information on the Web. These technologies include:

RDF: Resource Description Framework

RDFS: RDF Schema

OWL: Web Ontology Language

N3: a simple syntax for creating ontologies

SPARQL: a query language for RDF

I find that blogging stuff like this is helping to reinforce my learning in my current Semantic Web class.