Like many web consultants, I hear varying versions of what defines Web 3.0 and its place in today’s growing web technology. 

I’m learning with interest that Web 3.0 will bring a sophisticated structure to the meaning of web pages, creating an environment where software agents and aggregators will carry out tasks for users by automatically locating disconnected information.  

Web 3.0 will apply massive artificial intelligence to past online behaviors, personal information, and what we're doing now. The result is unprecedented access to information, media and resources not seen under Web 2.0 technology. 

There are several critical pieces that will comprise the attributes of Web 3.0.  

Semantic Web: A web where machines can read web sites - discerning, reasoning and vetting data on behalf of users.

3-D Web: A web you can ‘virtually’ walk through. Similar to “Second-Life”, Web 3.0 will permit users not only to produce and share content, but also to produce and share content that is confined in virtual worlds.

Media-Centric Web: A Web where you can find media using other media—not just keywords.

Pervasive Web: A Web that's everywhere – on PCs, mobile and other devices. 

All of us in some fashion or another in the next several years will be faced with any or all of these evolving pieces. As the economy fluctuates and rebounds, infrastructure for the Internet will take precedent as there will be less demand for creating 'brick and mortar' and more emphasis on evolving web sites.

Sources

Web 3.0 by Cade Metz, PC Magazine

The Semantic Web - by Tim Berners-Lee, James Hendler and Ora Lassila 

Making Sense of the Semantic Web - by Steve Mollman, CNN

Best,

Denice MacDonald