Semantic Web

The semantic web is an evolving development of the Web in which the meaning of information and services on the web is defined, making it possible for the web to "understand" and satisfy the requests of people and machines to use the web content. It derives from World Wide Web Consortium director Sir Tim Berners-Lee vision of the Web as a universal medium for data, information, and knowledge exchange.
At its core, the semantic web comprises a set of design principles, collaborative working groups, and a variety of enabling technologies. Some elements of the semantic web are expressed as prospective future possibilities that are yet to be implemented or realized. Other elements of the semantic web are expressed in formal specifications. Some of these include Resource Description Framework (RDF), a variety of data interchange formats and notations such as RDF Schema (RDFS) and to Web ontology language, all of which are intended to provide a formal description of concepts, terms and relationships within a given knowledge domain.

Where Web 2.0 is focused on people, the Semantic Web is focused on machines. The Web requires a human operator, using computer systems to perform the tasks required to find, search and aggregate its information. It's impossible for a computer to do these tasks without human guidance because Web pages are specifically designed for human readers. The Semantic Web is a project that aims to change that by presenting Web page data in such a way that it is understood by computers, enabling machines to do the searching, aggregating and combining of the Web's information — without a human operator.

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Colors

Colors have different meanings in psychology and color therapy. For example red was used to stimulate the body and mind and increase circulation. Yellow was thought to stimulate the nerves and purify the body, orange was used to heal the lungs and increase energy levels, blue was though to soothe illness and treat pain, and indigo was though to alleviate skin problems.
In different cultures, these colors could mean somethnig completely different. For example red in Austrailian Aborigilans means Land or earth while in the Celtic it means death or afterlife. Or in yellow to the Cherokee means trouble or strife while in China it means nourishing and royalty. Depending on the culture these different colors can mean different things, but when you look at it from a psycologial standpoint what it makes ur brain and body think can be completely different from what these cultures preceve them to be.

Net Neutrality

Network neutrality is the idea that Internet users should control what they see and what apps the use on the internet Net neutrality is the idea that everyone should have equal acess to the internet. Also that there should be no restrictions on content, sites, or platforms on the kinds of equiptment that may be attached, and on the modes of communication allowed, as well as communication that is not unreasonably degraded by other traffic.
The principle says that if a given user pays for a certain level of internet access, and another user pays for a given level of access, that the two users should be able to connect to each other at the subscribed level of acess.
Neutrality proponents claim that telecom companies seek to impose a tiered service model in order to control the pipeline and thereby remove competition, create artificial scarcity, and oblige subscribers to buy their otherwise uncompetitive services. Many believe net neutrality to be primarily important as a preservation of current freedoms.
Opponents of net neutrality characterize its regulations as "a solution in search of a problem", arguing that broadband service providers have no plans to block content or degrade network performance. In spite of this claim, certain Internet service providers have intentionally slowed peer to peer communications. Still, other companies have acted in contrast to these assertions of hands-off behavior and have begun to use deep packet inspection, free-to-telecom "value added" services, and bundling.Critics of net neutrality also argue that data discrimination of some kinds, particularly to guarantee quality of service, is not problematic, but is actually highly desirable. Bob Kahn has called the term net neutrality a "slogan" and states that he opposes establishing it.


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Do you feel that this type of site is good or bad? For what purpose?
I think this site is good and bad at the same time. Its bas because it provokes a type of behavior where people talk behind each others backs and says its okay to laugh and point at other people in public and make fun of them just because they do not look exactly like you. It also can be embarasing if you realize that you made it on to this web site and people are making fun of you openly on the internet without your consent. I also think it can be a good thing because it makes people laugh at some of the ridiculous things that others wear to a typical store. Also when you cant really see the faces of these people no one can really know who it is if your just looking at the person from behind or just of their body so no one will really know. Do you feel that widespread technology (enabling society to do this) is positive or negative?
I think the wide spread of technology is also a good and bad thing at the same time. I think its bad because if something embarrassing or bad happens to someone its easier to spread that information to more people within minutes. It is also a good thing because you can spread the world news within minutes as well through the internet or the tv or phones, so if a natural disaster happens or a bombing then you can spread the news to the world.
What are some ways that you think our global community could use the technologies we have available for good?
Some ways that our global community can use technologies for good is detecting the weather and spreading news about what is going on in our world within minutes.

What browsers are available on the Internet today for users of Windows, Mac OS X and Linux?
The browsers that are available on the internet today for users of Windows, Mac OS X and Linlux are Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Camino, Chrome, Opera and Netscape.

What percentage of web users use each browser?

2009	IE7	IE6	IE8	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
August	15.1%	13.6%	10.6%	47.4%	7.0%	3.3%	2.1%
July	15.9%	14.4%	9.1%	47.9%	6.5%	3.3%	2.1%
June	18.7%	14.9%	7.1%	47.3%	6.0%	3.1%	2.1%
May	21.3%	14.5%	5.2%	47.7%	5.5%	3.0%	2.2%
April	23.2%	15.4%	3.5%	47.1%	4.9%	3.0%	2.2%
March	24.9%	17.0%	1.4%	46.5%	4.2%	3.1%	2.3%
February	25.4%	17.4%	0.8%	46.4%	4.0%	3.0%	2.2%
January	25.7%	18.5%	0.6%	45.5%	3.9%	3.0%	2.3%

(http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp)

What browsers do mobile devices use when accessing web pages?
Browsers that mobile devices use are Safari, Pocket Internet Explorer, NetFont, Opera, BlackberryBrowser, Skyfire, Blazer, WebOS Browser, Fennec, Andriod Browser, Kindle Basic Web, Polaris browser, Nokia series 40 browser, Iris browser, uZard web, Minimo( mini Mozilla which is still in developement), Opera Wave, Opera Mini, Konqueror Embedded Myriad browser and jB5 browser.

How many web standards have the W3C published, and which are widely supported by browser manufacturers today?
The W3C has published 110 web standards which Microsoft, Max OSX and Opera support.

What is the technology?
Web Browser

Who developed it? When? Why?
Tim Berners-Lee (in the picture on the left), in 1990, created the first Web Browser, Web Server, and most importantly the World Wide Web. He first proposed a project called hypertext, which allowed researchers so share and update information. Once returning to his old company CERN, he saw that they were the largest internet node in Europe and it sparked his idea to start the World Wide Web, "I just had to take the hypertext idea and connect it to the Transmission Control Protocol and domain name system ideas and — ta-da! — the World Wide Web" says Bernes-Lee. He used similar ideas from his invention of the WWW to creat the first Web Browzer.
What groups were/are responsible for managing it?
There is no one specific peson or group who manages all the web browsers. These browsers are managed by each speciaif company eg. Internet Exporer or Mozilla to help gain connection to the internet through everyones individual computer.
Explain its growth or diminishment.
What are related technologies?
Its growth over the years expanded to having many different types web browsers, having faster and more effifient internet connections. Common related technologies are Web sites and the World Wide Web.
Are there certifications for its use? If so, what? Where and how can one acquire them?
To use a browser you simply just need a computer and internet connection. To aquire a computer and internet conncetion you have to go to a store where they sell computers eg. Apple, and either buy a system to reciceve wireless or any other type of internet connection, or go to a type of cafe or restaurant where your computer can connect to the internet.
Predict the future for the technology.
In the future technology in all aspects will be faster, smaller and more advanced. With in the last ten years we went from only a few wealthy individuals having cell phones, to now even seven year olds having cell phones. I predict that in the next fifty years that every family will own a wireless computer, a cell phone or some type of device to connect to others around the world