W3C and the Semantic Web
by Jos De Roo

Table of contents

• W3C and the Semantic Web
• W3C Semantic Web Activity
• W3C SW Activity - Goals
• W3C SW Activity - Structure
• W3C SW Activity - Approach to Deployment
• SW Architecture
• SW Principles 1: Everything identifiable is on SW
• SW Principles 2: Partial information is tolerated
• SW Principles 3: There is no need for absolute truth
• SW Principles 4: Evolution is supported
• SW Principles 5: Minimalist design
• Enabling Standards & Technologies - Layer Cake
• RDF Core Working Group (RDFCore)
• Web Ontology Working Group (WebOnt)
• Logic layer
• SW Public Forums
• SW Advanced Development - Goals
• SW Advanced Development - Areas
• SW Bus
• Examples of Running Code
• Conclusions