The Semantic Web: A new form of Web content that is meaningful to computers will unleash a revolution of new possibilities

Tim Berners-Lee, James Hendler, and Ora Lassila's article discusses the Semantic Web, an extension of the current web where information is given well-defined meaning, enabling computers and people to work in better cooperation. This article explains the vision of making web content more understandable to machines, allowing for more efficient data discovery, automation, integration, and interoperability across different applications and platforms. IFTTT's approach to connecting different applications and devices can be seen as a practical implementation of some of the ideas presented in this article, particularly regarding interoperability and automation based on semantic understanding of data.