I’ve just been to XTech 2008 in Dublin, a great conference covering web development, open source, Web 2.0 and open standards. One of the main themes that emerged was that the semantic web is already here if you know where to look - it’s appearing in parallel with the existing web, with RDFa and microformats like hCard and XFN embedded in pages. Ontologies like SIOC and FOAF are enabling semant ... Continue reading