Semantic Web and Web 3.0

Week Nine. Task Five and Six.

I think that to understand Semantic Web, one has to have basic understanding on what Web 3.0 is.

Web 3.o is alot more complex than Web 2.0, it can be described as a personal assistant. The internet will be able to remember likes/dislikes as well as location. One would be able to extensive questions all at once, and the web would be able to help/answer. Such as, I would be able to type "I want to get the bus into my nearest shopping centre, then go to the cinema to see a horror film", and the internet search engine will be able answer it all at once, as well as taking into consideration previous searches, likes, location and so on. Web 3.0 will be able to make the link between the individual and their online needs, giving them the information they ask for as well as much more. I think that Web 3.0 will come in slowly and there wont be a time when we say "we know use Web 3.0", it will just happen gruadually.

Semantic Web is an extension of the World Wide Web but with meaning and is an extension of Web 3.0. It is called "Semantic" because semantics are the meaning behind things. It is a means of sharing information and content. Its a way of information not only being stored and shared but actually being understod by internet and the realtionships and properities between the content and information, so it is easy to see why it is linked to Web 3.0.

The difference is difficult to understand. However, I think that Web 3.0 is what we get from the internet, whilst Semantic Web is how it all works and fits together inside the technology itself.