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The Semantic Web
The semantic web is a sophisticated,  intelligent web. It serves to be made catered towards the user. It allows data to be linked from source to source. The word semantic means relating to logic. The value of the semantic web is to teach computers what information we are pulling up on the web. Currently computers pull up web pages yet, they don't know what any of the information means. The semantic web allows the web to become smarter and understand this information. That way, the computer can guide the user to other similar web pages. The semantic web allows more accurate web searches. For example, if a pregnant women were to search for a pregnancy test, after this search the semantic web would be able to suggest searches related to pregnancy. This could include suggesting baby clothes, diapers, cribs, etc. This would allow a more personalized browsing experience for every individual. This makes it so no two people would have the same experience on the web. Browsing the web will be more efficient and simple. Users will be able to access information that maybe they wouldn’t have found if it weren’t for the semantic web.

Some of the systems used to help the semantic web are listed below:

RDF (Resource Description Framework): The RDF is the data modeling language. All of the semantic webs information is stored within here.

SPARQL (SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language): The query Language of the semantic web.

OWL (Web Ontology Language): The schema language or knowledge representation language. Owl is used to define concept composability. It allows you to make as many concepts as needed.

History
The semantic web was named by Tim Berners-Lee. Tim first brought the idea to the public in an article released May 2001. He originally mentioned the idea at the first World Wide Web Conference in 1994. Berners-Lee envisioned a smarter, more productive web. Around May 2006 his idea started to take some ground when he released another article. This article can be found HERE.

References:

 * 1) Introduction to the Semantic Web. (n.d.). Retrieved April 14, 2018
 * 2) Sweeney, P. (2016, August 19). The History of the Semantic Web is the Future of Intelligent Assistants. Retrieved April 14, 2018, from https://medium.com/inventing-intelligent-machines/the-history-of-the-semantic-web-is-the-future-of-intelligent-assistants-da2ed50443be