2001

Tim Berners-Lee, James Hendler and Ora Lassila

The Semantic Web A new form of Web content that is meaningful to computers will unleash a revolution of new possibilities

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A new form of Web content that is meaningful to computers will unleash a revolution of new possibilities.

The entertainment system was belting out the Beatles' "We Can Work It Out" when the phone rang. When Pete answered, his phone turned the sound down by sending a message to all the other local devices that had a volume control. His sister, Lucy, was on the line from the doctor's office: "Mom needs to see a specialist and then has to have a series of physical therapy sessions. Biweekly or something. I'm going to have my agent set up the appointments." Pete immediately agreed to share the chauffeuring.