Next big step for the Web--or a detour?

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How is this different from EDI?

EDI has been promoting the use of standardized information or business objects for years to allow interoperability among diverse systems. This concept was actually invented and first made practical use of in the library industry way back in the late 60s and early 70s.

So is this "Semantic Web" simply the merging of structured EDI-like transaction types with unstructured web content?

There seems to be a lot of potential here for "excessive cleverness," but that is also true for the world wide web. For every successful product or service there are problably 10 that failed for being too "cuting edge" for the business or consumer world. Such products and services don't become successful until they find an actual problem to solve.

Posted by: joshdcohen@...   Posted on: 03/09/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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