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From: Christophe Strobbe
Date: Aug 10, 2007 8:50AM

Hi Josh,

At 10:55 10/08/2007, you wrote:
>(...)
>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.

Search engine indexing is a very rough method, especially from the
point of view of (the dream of?) the Semantic Web. I was reminded
of this again when I stumbled upon Brian Karlak's introduction to the
Semantic Web (<http://zenkatinc.com/blog/?p=7>;). He tried using
Google to find all Web 2.0 companies in San Francisco and got many
hits that neither companies nor in San Francisco. This is where
good-quality metadata might help, but it's not quite "just around the corner".

Best regards,

Christophe


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