Report

December 2001

How The X Internet Will Communicate

David Truog 		The way software and devices communicate today is doomed. To interoperate on the X Internet, they'll use decentralized data dictionaries based on emerging Semantic Web technologies.
by David Truog with Harley Manning, Katharine Gardiner

THE LANDSCAPE
  • Networked technologies must interoperate to create value.
  • Data format chaos threatens interoperability, and with it, the future of the Net: the X Internet.
ANALYSIS
  • The X Internet needs Semantic Web technologies.
  • Decentralized dictionaries will proliferate first, then consolidate -- but keep evolving.
ACTION
  • Get a head start on the Semantic Web for the X Internet.
WHAT IT MEANS
  • The Web becomes a database.
  • An Andreessen successor builds a Semantic Web browser.
 
Figures & Data
  • Figure 1.  The X Internet Expands The Range Of Things Messages Are About
  • Figure 2.  The X Internet Has Envelopes And An Alphabet -- But No Words
  • Figure 3.  Key Standards Make XML The Right Choice For X-Internet Messages
  • Figure 4.  RDF Standards Provide A Common Way To Define What Data Means
  • Figure 5.  Firms That Make Or Use X-Internet Products Should Apply RDF Now
   
RELATED MATERIAL 
  • Organizations Interviewed For This Report
  • Individuals Interviewed
  • Related Research
 
GRAPEVINE
  • The Department of Defense needs data dictionaries for its war on terrorism.
  • RDF really needs to get out more.
  • How RDF applies to poetry, music, beer, and whiskey.

 

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