Semantic Loop

There’s something that I’ve noticed while researching the activity on the Semantic Web:  It’s very complex.  So, I’ve been dreaming about tools that could make this research easier.  You’re probably catching my drift by now.

I need the tools that will be developed by Semantic Workers in order to be an effective Semantic Worker.  Oh well – isn’t that just like reality.

I need an easy way to collect bookmarks:  fast and very good at reading my mind at what I want to day and do with a bookmark.  There are dozens, maybe hundreds of bookmark tools (especially for Firefox, of course), but not one that I have found is even close.

I need the sites that discuss the Semantic Web to have semantic annotation (markup), so that I can record their valuable ideas and research without the tedium of repetitive cut-and-paste.  I don’t care if there are ten non-standards to deal with  –  I’ll cope somehow.  We Semantic Workers must start ourselves providing markup.  Isn’t it time that we made our lives easier by following our own recipes.  Microformats may not be a whole solution, but it would be a very very nice start now.  We probably need a few hundred new formats.

~ by Oz on 5 December 2007.