Content Management Matters ™

When we talk about the Semantic Web we mean more meta-information hidden in the page code, but derived from the content itself, with the aim of letting Web services and search engines know exactly what's there without having to guess from keywords and tags. XML is one format which can structure content to contain more classification material. RDF is the preferred data model used, which splits content into entities and relationships, and the RDF model most usually utilizes XML to structure content.

As the usage of XML as the primary representation format within a content management system proliferates, the discussion revolves around how to transform said XML into a human readable format.

And what about the machines? Who is looking out for them when it comes time to consume data in a custom XML format?

Here's an opportunity to contribute to the shape of linguistic history in the Web world. The fine folk of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) inform us that the RDF Data Access Working Group is conducting its third Last Call Working Draft (take a breath) for SPARQL Query Language for RDF. Unless you're banking on a fourth Last Call, get involved and quickly to cement your opinion on the mutable 'net.