Data & Machines, Metadata Based (cont)
Metadata refer to general URIs
one can define metadata on resources
somewhere else
("cataloguing services" become feasible, for example)
one can define metadata on resources
somewhere else
("cataloguing services" become feasible, for example)
one can
combine
metadata from different sources
the Web can be viewed as a big database with sophisticated
search and retrieval facilities
the Web can be viewed as a big database with sophisticated search and retrieval facilities
This is the area of the
Semantic Web
"an infrastructure for reasoning on the Web"
See Jane's presentation later today.
Ivan Herman
, W3C Head of Offices
Sydney, 18 August, 2003
13 (25)