A New Vision From the Inventor of the World Wide Web

[mole]

"Envisioning life in the Semantic Web is a similar proposition. Some people have said, "Why do I need the Semantic Web? I have Google!" :p

Google is great for helping people find things, yes! But finding things more easily is not the same thing as using the Semantic Web. It's about creating things from data you've compiled yourself, or combining it with volumes (think databases, not so much individual documents) of data from other sources to make new discoveries. It's about the ability to use and reuse vast volumes of data.

Yes, Google can claim to index billions of pages, but given the format of those diverse pages, there may not be a whole lot more the search engine tool can reliably do. We're looking at applications that enable transformations, by being able to take large amounts of data and being able to run models on the fly—whether these are financial models for oil futures, discovering the synergies between biology and chemistry researchers in the Life Sciences, or getting the best price and service on a new pair of hiking boots."

http://www.marketingprofs.com/5/updegrove1.asp

 

[Fundraiser]

Are you concerned at all that there appears to be a German Trademark for "Semantic Web" claimed by the registrant of the net, org, biz and info extensions of the same name and what that might do to derail any commercial development?

 

[mole]

Not at all. TMs can never be all inclusive.

 

[Fundraiser]

Not at all. TMs can never be all inclusive.

Hey Mole,
I realize your point but I found it odd to see a trademark claim made in the registration of semanticweb dot info as likely it was used to secure the name during the sunrise period.

The person seems to be heavily involved with the semantic web development and since I don't have access to the actual trademark claim, I thought I would solicit your input.

The question of impaired commercial development due to the tm claim was formed out of self-interest in that I've got a semantic web domain (US) and was a little troubled to find the tm claim.