Envisioning Web 3.0 2 May 2007

David Siegel envisions Web 3.0:

"The best way to sum up Web 3.0 is to say that, in the future, everything will be smart. No longer will you need to go to several web sites to research flights and fares, then book your own ticket with your credit card information on a particular site. In Web 3.0, you'll just send your software agent on a mission to watch for and book a flight that meets your criteria at the best price (and at the last possible second, giving you more flexibility than you had before). You will be able to see the records for every flight you ever take on any airline, how many miles you have, where you went, what happened to your luggage, etc - all in one place."

For Siegel Web 3.0 will be sum of three (or 3.0) parts: (i) the semantic web; (ii) universal product and service descriptors and (ii) the online desktop. He concludes: "The Semantic Web is smart, it's inside-out, it's made of interchangeable parts, and it updates instantly."

[via Marketing Pilgrim]