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Is SW Research?


  • Q: Isn’t the Semantic Web research only?
  • (i.e., does it have anything to do with “business”?)
  • A: Not any more…
    • SW has indeed a strong foundation in research result…
    • …but we see more and more companies embracing it.
    • Remember:
      1. the Web was born at CERN…
      2. …was first picked up by high energy physicists…
      3. …then by academia at large…
      4. …then by small businesses and start-ups…
      5. “big business” came only later!
    • Semantic Web is now at #4, and moving to #5!

Ivan Herman, W3C 74 (76)