Before we can work out what the Semantic Library might be all about, we need to look at the Semantic Web.
The Semantic Web (or at least, the idea of it) has been around for several years now. The Semantic Web is about data and meaning. This is great for librarians because much of this is achieved with metadata. Scientific publishing, which libraries are also increasingly involved with through Repositories and Open Access also stands to benefit.
Like Web 2.0, which consists of a range of attitudes and applications, some new some old, the Semantic Web is a collection of standards, metadata, and technologies – eg Dublin Core, OWL and RDF.
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