[dba-Tech] The Semantic Web

Oh!  Thanks!  Yes, I would be fascinated by this.
T

Tina Norris Fields
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On 10/2/2011 3:14 PM, Arthur Fuller wrote:
> Google "Semantic Web" and ye shall seek and find what this is about. It's
> still problematic but we are working on it. In a nut, it's about introducing
> "meaning" into the otherwise stupid web-lookups. It's to be sure, a tough
> nut to crack, but I and several thousand others way smarter than I are
> attempting to crack it. It's one difficult nut to crack, and one problem is
> that it is apparently infinitely recursive: what means "meaning"? That one
> is a tough one, and I am lacking in ready answers. You got me on that one! I
> have no idea what the meaning of meaning is. I just stumble about in the
> forest.
>
> The semantic web attempts to turn URLs into something more intelligent,
> deriving their links not by mere links but into intelligent links. This is
> problematic to say the least, but an adventure worth exploration. Let's take
> a simple case: I search for "genetic algorithms" and a couple of hundred
> URLs show up; then I want to refine this list and narrow it down to a dozen
> or so. And then I want to refine this result-set to the last dozen or so
> papers presented on this topic. This should be three clicks from me to
> there.
>
> That's a simple case. Now let's get more complex and deal with the Semantic
> Web. I'm searching for let's say things to do with Quantum Theory, and this
> search might involve a whole bunch of stuff having little or nothing to do
> with physics. This is all about the meaning of Meaning and that's where it
> grows difficult, but this is exactly the place where I want to live.
> Paradoxes, recursions, etc. That's my chosen place to live.
>
> A.
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