Example: Tomorrow's Scientific Community

Machine usable applications and processable data -- on the Web:

Unique names for data, applications, descriptions, relationships (URIs) Web Service-enabled applications (SOAP, WSDL, etc.) Common data model for expressing information (RDF) Common vocabulary framework (OWL)

Reap benefits of network effects enabled by the Web

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Science and the Semantic Web
J. Hendler, Science, Vol 299, Issue 5606, 520-521 , 24 January 2003