出版社：International Association for Computer Information Systems
摘要：The purpose of this paper is to explain an emerging technology called the Semantic Web. This new technology is an attempt to add more meaning, or semantics, to web documents, thus permitting more efficient and meaningful information retrieval. The languages that define the structure of information on the Web were designed for human use, and not for computing machinery. Thus when retrieving information from the Web of today, humans must still function as a filter and process the enormous amount of information that is usually returned. The purpose of the Semantic Web is to provide a mechanism by which a computer, assisting the human doing work via the Web, will be able to comprehend the meaning, and thus the content, of Web documents. In addition to explaining the Semantic Web, this paper will present research accomplished on this project to date, focusing on XML (Extensible Markup Language) and Document Type Definition (DTD). XML permits a Web developer to create more descriptive tabs for objects on a web page, thus producing a better searching mechanism. In conclusion, the future of the Semantic Web will be discussed.
关键词：Semantics; XML; Web technology; Markup Language
