Semantic-Aware Applications is the one technology in the 2009 Horizon report which I believe is farther out than the 3-5 years projected in the report. I believe that we will make rudimentry gains in this area; but the usefulness of these applications will be limited. The main reason for this projection is that the databases needed to support an adequate level of sophistication required to correctly recognize and analyze the meaning of words in the proper context would be far too large and complex to be supported at multiple sites. Does this imply that one or more businesses will appear offering these services, with client applications subscribing to these services?
The trend that caught my eye and that relates to the Semantic-Aware Applications technology is the notion that collective intelligence is redefining how we think about ambiguity and imprecision. Particularly, contextual meaning. By this we mean collective intelligence can give rise to multiple, equally correct answers; e.g. wikipedia. One approach that comes to mind is to apply a wikipedia approach to creating/growing a context-sensitive database.
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A question that comes to mind is how we filter inaccuracies or recognize their imprecision. Or is that a determination that is less significant in the marketplace of ideas?
ReplyDeleteThe comments that I made on the autonomous combat systems discussion with regards to semantic-aware applications refer back to your post.
http://autowar.blogspot.com/2009/07/technology-on-horizon.html?showComment=1249077578046#c3926476734733034014