Evolution of Knowledge
The semantic web is not "merely" the tool for conducting individual tasks that we have discussed so far. In addition,
if properly designed, the Semantic Web can assist the evolution of human knowledge as a whole.
Human endeavor is caught in an eternal tension between the effectiveness of small groups acting independently and
the need to mesh with the wider community. A small group can innovate rapidly and efficiently, but this produces a
subculture whose concepts are not understood by others. Coordinating actions across a large group, however, is
painfully slow and takes an enormous amount of communication. The world works across the spectrum between these
extremes, with a tendency to start small—from the personal idea—and move toward a wider understanding over time.
An essential process is the joining together of subcultures when a wider common language is needed. Often two groups independently develop
very similar concepts, and describing the relation between them brings great benefits. Like a Finnish-English dictionary, or a
weights-and-measures conversion table, the relations allow communication and collaboration even when the commonality of concept has not (yet)
led to a commonality of terms.
The Semantic Web, in naming every concept simply by a URI, lets anyone express new concepts that they invent with minimal effort. Its unifying
logical language will enable these concepts to be progressively linked into a universal Web. This structure will open up the knowledge and
workings of humankind to meaningful analysis by software agents, providing a new class of tools by which we can live, work and learn together.
PHOTOILLUSTRATIONS BY MIGUEL SALMERON
Evolution of KnowledgeThe semantic web is not "merely" the tool for conducting individual tasks that we have discussed so far. In addition,if properly designed, the Semantic Web can assist the evolution of human knowledge as a whole.Human endeavor is caught in an eternal tension between the effectiveness of small groups acting independently andthe need to mesh with the wider community. A small group can innovate rapidly and efficiently, but this produces asubculture whose concepts are not understood by others. Coordinating actions across a large group, however, ispainfully slow and takes an enormous amount of communication. The world works across the spectrum between theseextremes, with a tendency to start small—from the personal idea—and move toward a wider understanding over time.An essential process is the joining together of subcultures when a wider common language is needed. Often two groups independently developvery similar concepts, and describing the relation between them brings great benefits. Like a Finnish-English dictionary, or aweights-and-measures conversion table, the relations allow communication and collaboration even when the commonality of concept has not (yet)led to a commonality of terms.The Semantic Web, in naming every concept simply by a URI, lets anyone express new concepts that they invent with minimal effort. Its unifyinglogical language will enable these concepts to be progressively linked into a universal Web. This structure will open up the knowledge andผลงานของมนุษยชาติในการวิเคราะห์ความหมายโดยตัวแทนซอฟต์แวร์ การให้บริการแบบใหม่ของเครื่องมือที่เราสามารถมีชีวิตอยู่ ทำงาน และเรียนรู้ร่วมกันPHOTOILLUSTRATIONS โดย MIGUEL SALMERON
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