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To: waitwatchwander who wrote (20505)	3/29/2007 4:47:57 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 46821

You may have diverged somewhat from my earlier intent, although I believe that what you've stated is true. My concern, however, is over the specter of being penalized for including prior art, which, imo, is unavoidable on some level. "Innovation," a word that I'm growing to abhor for its ad nauseum usage and misusage in the press and in everyday dialog, certainly should represent a departure from the status quo, but it's rarely achieved without first borrowing at least a modicum of that which already exists.

To: waitwatchwander who wrote (20505)	3/30/2007 2:07:06 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 46821

Tim Berners-Lee joins this discussion at about the 4 minute mark of the following video: -- Video: Tim Berners-Lee on the Semantic Web The inventor of the WWW explains how the Semantic Web works and how it will transform how we use and understand data. By TR Editors \| March 27, 2007 The Semantic Web is well under way and could have an impact even greater than the Web that we all use every day, predicts Tim Berners-Lee, director of the World Wide Web Consortium and senior researcher at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. (See "A Smarter Web.") Berners-Lee says (in this video) that the Semantic Web, which he describes as a "web of data" in contrast to today's "web of documents," has great potential in giving a user the ability to see, understand, and manipulate data. He points to applications in medicine, in reacting to civil and health emergencies, and even in such mundane tasks as knowing where your friends are in relation to the nearest coffee shop. Click here to watch the video: technologyreview.com ------