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From: Joshue O Connor
Date: Aug 10, 2007 3:00AM

This has been a really interesting thread and thanks to John and
Christophe for the links and also Jukka for the priceless:

> "Search Engine Optimization" (which is probably what you mean by "SEO") is
> primarily an expression for attempts at making money with technobabble.

Indeed :-)

However I can't help but think that its not the end of metadata at all.
Basically because data that describes data to machines that don't
understand what the data is in the first place unless they are told - is
useful stuff indeed. At this point in the development of the web it may
not be needed anymore, for the search engine indexing etc but only in
that context. There is often a disconnect between what a particular
technology or specification has been designed for and what it is
actually *used* for and metadata certainly has useful implementations in
other contexts for indexing video etc as John pointed out and could well
be back with a bang in the wild in the future.

No doubt there will also be some cynical Metadata 3.0 revival sometime
soon in order to extract some more cash from the vulnerable tech
illiterate business owner.

Josh


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