An article by Allan Cho examines the confusion surrounding Web 3.0. It gives attention to the difference between Web 2.0 and Web 3.0, or the Semantic Web.

The article covers the topics Intelligent Web, Openness, Interoperability, A Global Database, 3D Web & Beyond, Control of Information, and Semantic Web versus Web 3.0.

Cho concludes:

Nova Spivack’s Twine is one of the first online services to use Web 3.0 technologies. Its goal is to organize, share and discover information about a user’s interests in networks of like-minded people. Using semantic technologies, and powered by semantic understanding, Twine automatically organizes information, learns about users’ specific interests and makes recommendations. The more users use Twine, the better the service gets to know its users and the more useful it becomes. Twine is an example of Web 3.0 at work, combining the social elements of Web 2.0 with user-specific Semantic Web tools.

http://internet.suite101.com/article.cfm/what_is_web_30

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