Date: Apr. 16, 2001
Link: http://www.sciam.com/2001/0501issue/0501berners-lee.html
Source Author or Organization: Tim Berners-Lee, James Hendler, Ora Lassila, Scientific American

This article from Scientific American describes the expected impact of the Semantic Web.

A future Web experience is detailed to highlight some of the capabilities of a properly designed Semantic Web, the impact of machines comprehending semantic documents and data upon the evolution of knowledge is discussed, and searches on the current and Semantic Webs are contrasted. Several key pieces of technology are defined and placed into context for the layman, with a special emphasis on Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs), Resource Description Framework (RDF) and RDF triples, ontologies and agents. Sidebars contain a glossary of terms and an overview of the Semantic Web concept, and this online version of the article includes several links to related material not available in the print version.