Integration Semantic Web

The Semantic Web can be integrated into workflow through metadata definition, XML tagging, agents, and remote devices.

Metadata is information about information; it is largely used for retrieval, lifecycle, and security. Enriched semantics content complete with keywords enables fast and accurate search as well as designating the degree of current relevance. "Need to know" access can be refined especially if users are identified by a set of research keyword as well as rank.

Meaning can be encoded into the Resource Description Framework (RDF) as a subject, verb, object triple. Each element is expressed as a URI (Universal Resource Identifier), thereby creating a web of links - the Semantic Web. To add the data structure to documents the triples are written as XML tags that serve as hidden annotation labels.

Agents can be useful in performing fusion of tagged data; a series of agents generates an information "value-chain". Iterative query and retrieve programs can generate ranked lists of "efficient" search terms capturing the meaning of a much larger set of data. These lists can then in turn be passed on for further refinement vis-à-vis another content collection.

URIs can point to a large variety of physical devices, allowing their functionality to be described by RDF. The user can then operate these devices remotely, including being informed of their status.