Future Directions of the Activity

Activity

• Understanding relationships to similar technologies, explore possibilies for future convergence.
  • Clearer ties among RDF and XML family is still required.
  • Better understanding between Semantic Web and Web Services is required.
• IST EU Semantic Web Initiative

Enabling Standards and Technologies

• Query and Rules

Advanced Development

• Clarity of goals and missions
• More task forces
• Integration with tools to support more effective means of distributed collaborations
• Cooperation with other groups working on similar issues (e.g. Microsoft .Net, Sun's One Framework, open source .NET, DotGNU, etc.)

Education and Outreach

• Guidlines, Demonstrations, Position papers, Articles, Presentations, Tutorials, Tools