MySpace plans to support the Semantic Web
According to the Web User News, MySpace plans to support Semantic Web technologies. From the article, it’s unclear exactly how the world’s largest social networking site plans to support RDF, RDFa or microformats. It may be still too early to celebrate.
At the SocialDevCamp East, we talked about the importance of Semantic Web technologies in context of social media. One question that didn’t get answered is “Who is going to publish semantic descriptions of social media data on the Web?”
Given that leaders like Digg and MySpace have plans to support the Semantic Web, I’m optimistic that the unanswered question will be answered soon.
Previously there was no way of linking this data, but the semantic web is able to retrieve and collate it. This means that it can now input your personal information should you join another social network.
MySpace users will still maintain complete control over what information they share and who gets to see it, but it will make sharing information across different platforms easier and quicker.
Yahoo announced earlier this year its plans to utilise the semantic web with a more efficient tagging system to give better search results.
MySpace’s DeWolfe said he hoped other networking sites, including Facebook, would sign up to the agreement.
