We've been cogitating on a big ol' anti 'Web 2.0' rant for a while, but we're still not done linguistically eviscerating the concept yet, so we thought a better idea might be to start talking more about what's coming next. Specifically the Semantic Web.
If you aren't super familiar with the concept, it can be (clumsily) summed up thusly.
"...an evolving extension of the World Wide Web in which web content can be expressed not only in natural language, but also in a format that can be read and used by software agents, thus permitting them to find, share and integrate information more easily." - Wiki
Anyone who has attempted to send queries across data stores that are even slightly divergent in the way they are constructed, called and/or parsed has experienced the brain crushing difficulty that can sometimes ensue. There are ways to skin that cat but they all involve you losing a fair share of your epidermis simultaneously.
RIGHT? That's where 'semantics' comes into play. What if you could design a way to query across multiple data sources and pull back results that mash those non-uniform data sources together easily so you could actually utilize multiple sources quickly and effectively?
Well, Chachi... now you can.
Meet SPARQL. It runs on top of HTTP or SOAP and provides what amounts to a standard web service for any incoming query. Freakin yay!
HOW does it work, EXACTLY you say? Well to be honest we don't understand a lot of the web voodoo that W3C do's, but if you want to read up to your hearts content, you can dig in here.
Here is a quick rundown of how it's being used so far, with extensive documentation for all you extra smart people.
Personally we can't wait `til you geeks get this poppin' because we just KNOW that there's going to be some way that this will help us get better porn faster, which is of course the benchmark of all new advancements in technology.
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How do i hook up my play station portable to the internet, do i have to buy a wi-fi adapter?
I have the internet, but i have no idea how to sync my portable play station to my laptop?
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