New and Growing Suite of Web Standards:
  - Scientific communities starting to use them (e.g., geo, life sci)
- Should be more highly leveraged within scientific communities
Web Services and the Semantic Web ...
  - Expanding Web of machine
    processable data and
    applications.
- Making it easier to create, share, search for, maintain, extend Web
    resources.
Ways to get started:
  - Track and participate in W3C standards and best practices
  developments
- Participate in community WS and SW efforts (e.g., GEON)
- Explore tools
- Pick new candidate community apps and DBs for experimental
  adaptation
- Work with neighboring communities to build Web of
    Science
The World Wide Web Consortium is happy to
help!