Andy Plesser
Beet.TV

The Semantic Web has been the longtime vision of Tim Berners-Lee, the British physicist who invented the World Wide Web. It is a highly organized index of Web objects and pages. It is far from being implemented but is starting to emerge.

Michael Zimbalist, head of R&D at The New York Times Company, told me that the opportunities arising from the Semantic Web for The Times are “quite vast.”

In this in interview, he explains how comprehensive metadata annotation of content can make it “smart,” freeing it to become “device independent media.”

Complete story and video

Semantic Tech & Business Conference Returns to San Francisco

Semantic Tech & Business Conference returns to San Francisco in June! Join us from June 3-7 for complete coverage of Big Data, Linked Data, Extreme Information Management, and Semantic Web. From breakthrough approaches to solving business problems to the big data implications of fast–evolving technologies, SemTechBiz provides you with an unparalleled interactive experience and delivers tangible business value. We're offering a special early rate when you register by February 17. Sign up now!