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A simplified, non technical introduction to the concepts of the Semantic Web
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What is the What is the Semantic Web?Semantic Web?
The VisionThe Vision
I have a dream for the Web [in which computers] become capable of analyzing all the data on the Web – the content, links, and transactions between people and computers. A ‘Semantic Web’, which should make this possible, has yet to emerge, but when it does, the day-to-day mechanisms of trade, bureaucracy and our daily lives will be handled by machines talking to machines. The ‘intelligent agents’ people have touted for ages will finally materialize.
– Tim Berners-Lee, 1999
SyntaxSyntax
•Syntax examines the rules of a language that dictate how the various parts of sentences go together
•Syntax is how you say something•letters, •words, •punctuation, •inflections, •tones, •sounds, •sentence structure
SyntaxSyntax
• Syntax facilitates being understood and understanding language.
• Rules of syntax provide foundations to discern meaning from a bunch of words strung together
• Syntax refers to how words are arranged in a sentence and how a writer has created a pattern with the words.
Computer SyntaxComputer Syntax
•Syntax is essential to writing a functional computer program • Computer Programming Syntax is the correct ordering of words and symbols to create the desired output or functionality.
Example: a syntax error is a common error message and gives you important clues on how to correct your code.
Semantics simplySemantics simply
semantics - meaning behind what you say, what the words are meant to convey
If you change the words, you change the syntax, but the semantics remain the same
Internet todayInternet today
The Internet created a standard way for communicating –
it gave a "voice" to computers so they can to talk to each other and exchange information
Internet todayInternet today
Internet enables computers to "talk" to one another but it is not designed to actually teach them what the information actually means
Computers merely mimic information to one another
Web retrievalWeb retrieval
Web created quick and easy way to retrieve and view information
The web can be thought of as a huge document and retrieval system
Web retrievalWeb retrieval
1. when you put a website address into your browser, it sends a request to the website
2. the website indicates that you would like the document located at the address that you gave it
3. the website retrieves the document and sends it back to your web browser
HTMLHTML
the document is written in a language called HTMLthe HTML language defines the syntax that computers can understand
it tells the computer how to display the document to you
The WebThe Web
1. created a way to get any document on the internet
2. created a syntax called HTML used to display document for you
Today’s webToday’s web
The Internetlets us talk to each other
The Web lets us store and retrieve any document on the internet
Search engines can find just about any website
Is there a problem?Is there a problem?
The problem is Semantics
Computers just blindly retrieve and show us information, but they don't understand the meaning behind the web pages they are showing us
Computers may understand the syntax, but the semantics are lost on them
The VisionThe Vision
If computers could recognize what’s in a web page, they could learn what we're interested inAnd then they could help us get what we want
Computers would change from passively helping us to actively helping us
Semantic WebSemantic Web
Helps computers understand the meaning behind the web page
Semantic WebSemantic Web
Web Today is about: documents
The Semantic web is about: thingsAnything;People, places, events, music, movies, organizations,any concept
Not only about pointing these things out to a computer but letting the computer know how these things are related to each other
Semantic WebSemantic Web
Once computer can understand what a person, a place and an event is, it can start helping you interact with those things
Search Engines would become much more accurate:when you search, you could say that you are searching for a person, a place or a particular song. The search engine wouldn't have to just depend on key words to refer you to a site - it could use the semantics on the web page
Semantic WebSemantic Web
It will be possible to create a complex search by typing
"I need an application that can compute the Earth's distance to Saturn. I don't want to pay for it."
Thank you to
Manu Spornyhttp://luca.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/semantic-web-for-dummies