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  Semantic Web takes big step forward | InfoWorld | News | 2008-01-15 | By Paul Krill 

  http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/15/sparql-semantic-web_1.html

  The Semantic Web, a concept tossed around for years as a Web extension to make it easier to find and group information, is getting a critical boost Tuesday from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). W3C ... will announce publication of SPARQL (pronounced "sparkle") query technology, a Semantic Web component enabling people to focus on what they want to know rather than on the database technology or data format used to store data, W3C said. The potential of the Semantic Web cannot be underestimated. By scanning the Web on behalf of users, even Google's ad-based business model could be impacted, an analyst said. SPARQL queries express high-levels goals and are easier to extend to unanticipated data sources. The technology overcomes limitations of local searches and single formats, according to W3C. "[SPARQL is] the query language and protocol for the Semantic Web," said Lee Feigenbaum, chair of the RDF (Resource Description Framework) Data Access Working Group at W3C, which is responsible for   [More...] [Less...]

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  Tags:  semantic web, sparql, w3c, world wide web consortium, digital business , internet, project management, search, taxonomy, web, protocol, query language   [More...] [Less...]