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Another factor holding things back is how we use computers today - for the most part, like a typewriter. Not many people embed data from spreadsheets into their email, use automatic facilities for events and contacts, shared to-do tasks, etc. Documents and communications are one-offs, out of date the moment they're sent, and nothing is explicit in them. A semantic approach to computer data will change all this. Data will be more consistent, and when it comes to important statements we should be able to expect more. | Another factor holding things back is how we use computers today - for the most part, like a typewriter. Not many people embed data from spreadsheets into their email, use automatic facilities for events and contacts, shared to-do tasks, etc. Documents and communications are one-offs, out of date the moment they're sent, and nothing is explicit in them. A semantic approach to computer data will change all this. Data will be more consistent, and when it comes to important statements we should be able to expect more. | ||
Computer front ends, and people's habits will need to change to accommodate this. Sadly, however, the culture of many organizations and individuals will hold things back. Too many web design firms create sites like its 1995 (or emphasize Flashy presentations that can't even be used by many people), too many executives can't be bothered to remember their passwords, too many people make excuses for not pursuing a way that builds on our fascination with information. | Computer front ends, and people's habits will need to change to accommodate this. Sadly, however, the culture of many organizations and individuals will hold things back. Too many web design firms create sites like its 1995 (or emphasize Flashy presentations that can't even be used by many people), too many executives can't be bothered to remember their passwords, too many people make excuses for not pursuing a way that constructively builds on our fascination with information. | ||
== Approaches to Semantic Web applications == | == Approaches to Semantic Web applications == | ||