Poll: What Do You Know About Semantic Web, Web 3.0?

By Tom Dunlap

One of the hats I wear is managing editor of a site called Semanticweb.com, The Voice of Semantic Web Technology.

Many technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics, and journalists know about this realm, called one of three things: the linked data movement, semantic web, or Web 3.0. Some know the history of this movement and Sir Tim Berners-Lee's involvement. My company is also hosting the upcoming Web 3.0 Conference in New York.

But the vast majority of people have no idea what I'm talking about when I drop "semantic web" at a cocktail party. They are finally starting to understand and use Web 2.0 technologies. They've never heard of, don't understand, or have no use for things like unlocking data that's sequestered by disparate applications and organizational limitations. No interest in tagging data or the future of search technology.

Which leads to today's poll question.

What Do You Know About Semantic Web or Web 3.0?

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