Web of Data
The Semantic Web, as envisioned by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, is also referred to as the Web of Data. Machine-understandable data. At its core the semantic web is about relations: bits of data related to other bits. At its best, the Web of Data is a Web of Linked Data. Aidan Hogan, in his The web of data, argues
Indra’s net
Indra's net (also called Indra's jewels or Indra's pearls) is a metaphor used to illustrate the concepts of emptiness, dependent origination, and interpenetration in Buddhist philosophy. The Buddhist version of the metaphor of Indra's net was developed by the Mahayana Buddhist school in the 3rd century scriptures of the Avatamsaka Sutra, and later by the Chinese
Semiosphere
The term semiosphere [from Greek sēmeion ‘sign’ (sēma ‘mark’) + -sphere] was originally introduced in 1984 by Yuri Lotman to denote space within which constantly function and emerge processes of signification. In his words this is “a specific sphere, possessing signs, which are assigned to the enclosed space. Only within such a space is it possible for communicative processes
Linked data
Linked data is essential to actually connect the Semantic Web. Or as the inventor of the World Wide Web sir Tim Berners-Lee describes Linked Data: It is the Semantic Web done right. Wikipedia defines Linked Data as "a term used to describe a recommended best practice for exposing, sharing, and connecting pieces of data, information, and knowledge on
The Semantic Web
The Semantic Web is the next stage of the Web, as its founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee saw it. The Semantic Web Vision Let’s take a look at his vision, outlined in his book Weaving the Web, in 2000: I have a dream for the Web
Web content
Web content is the textual, visual or aural content that is encountered as part of the user experience on websites. It may include, among other things: text, images, sounds, videos and animations. In Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, Lou Rosenfeld and Peter Morville write, "We define content broadly as 'the stuff in your Web
Tim Berners-Lee
Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989. He founded and Directs the World Wide Consortium (W3C) the forum for technical development of the Web. He founded the Web Foundation whose mission is that the WWW serves Humanity, and co-founded the Open Data Institute in London. His research group at MIT's Computer Science and AI
Liberature
Liberature is literature where the book does not contain a literary work, it is the literary work itself. On an even more abstract level it is a creative where content and its material form are an organic unity, intricately interwoven, in terms of the meaning conveyed. he term for this art form (it’s creators actually would rather call
Intertextuality
Intertextuality is a term coined in 1966 referring to texts being shaped and influenced by other texts. I see Intertextuality as the main conceptual basis for web writing. Everything is connected, Every text, every thread in a conversation (be it direct or indirect, through references) starts and ends in and with another text or thread. We are never-ending