Metcalfe's law, Web 2.0, and the Semantic Web Export

@article{Hendler1, abstract = {The power of the Web is enhanced through the network effect produced as resources link to each other with the value determined by Metcalfe's law. In Web 2.0 applications, much of that effect is delivered through social linkages realized via social networks online. Unfortunately, the associated semantics for Web 2.0 applications, delivered through tagging, is generally minimally hierarchical and sparsely linked. The Semantic Web suffers from the opposite problem. Semantic information, delivered through ontologies of varying amounts of expressivity, is linked to other terms (within or between resources) creating a link space in the semantic realm. However, the use of the Semantic Web has yet to fully realize the social schemes that provide the network of users. In this article, we discuss putting these together, with linked semantics coupled to linked social networks, to deliver a much greater effect.}, address = {Amsterdam, The Netherlands, The Netherlands}, author = {Hendler, James and Golbeck, Jennifer}, citeulike-article-id = {3204849}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1346366.1346698}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.websem.2007.11.008}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1570826807000595}, doi = {10.1016/j.websem.2007.11.008}, issn = {1570-8268}, journal = {Web Semant.}, keywords = {comparison, semantic-web, web20}, number = {1}, pages = {14--20}, posted-at = {2009-11-08 10:00:43}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Elsevier Science Publishers B. V.}, title = {Metcalfe's law, Web 2.0, and the Semantic Web}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.websem.2007.11.008}, volume = {6}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - Hendler1 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3204849 N2 - The power of the Web is enhanced through the network effect produced as resources link to each other with the value determined by Metcalfe's law. In Web 2.0 applications, much of that effect is delivered through social linkages realized via social networks online. Unfortunately, the associated semantics for Web 2.0 applications, delivered through tagging, is generally minimally hierarchical and sparsely linked. The Semantic Web suffers from the opposite problem. Semantic information, delivered through ontologies of varying amounts of expressivity, is linked to other terms (within or between resources) creating a link space in the semantic realm. However, the use of the Semantic Web has yet to fully realize the social schemes that provide the network of users. In this article, we discuss putting these together, with linked semantics coupled to linked social networks, to deliver a much greater effect. IS - 1 JF - Web Semant. SN - 1570-8268 AD - Amsterdam, The Netherlands, The Netherlands EP - 20 TI - Metcalfe's law, Web 2.0, and the Semantic Web PB - Elsevier Science Publishers B. V. VL - 6 SP - 14 KW - comparison KW - semantic-web KW - web20 AU - Hendler, James AU - Golbeck, Jennifer PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.websem.2007.11.008 ER -