The pragmatic web: some key issues

  • Authors:
  • Pasi Pohjola

  • Affiliations:
  • National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Semantic Systems
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

In recent years interests towards the Pragmatic Web have been increasing. Since the preliminary sketches and initial ideas in the first years of this decade, some attempts at defining and characterizing the Pragmatic Web has emerged. Building upon the initial characterizations, the aim of this paper is to develop some of the key issues concerning the Pragmatic Web, especially those that distinguish it from the semantic web. By drawing ideas from the linguistic metaphor and from research conducted in technology studies, the paper aims at characterizing certain central features that make the web a pragmatic one. The central argument of this paper is that the Pragmatic Web is a collaborative technology, dependent on communities of users and the practices of use of the community.