Good Look at Semantic Web

Jean Graef of the Montague Institute answers the question, Where will semantic content come from? in terms we can begin to understand.

"Semantic web" is usually a very theoretical idea of linking up data in magical ways. In this posting, we get a real-life example drawn from a mortgage refinance application of how a semantic infrastructure would work.

Also raised here is the matter of trust. How will we know to trust the information that is brought together through a semantic infrastructure?

Jean Graef concludes: "The technology piece of the infrastructure is almost ready; it's the semantic content and editorial oversight that's missing.