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Rensselaer Researchers to Create Semantic Web Platforms for Massive Scientific Collaboration
The Semantic Web technology being creating in the Tetherless World Research Constellation will allow scientists, educators, and people around the world to access data on a variety of topics all in one place, bringing together scientific data in unprecedented ways. Represented here are just some of the areas that would intersect during a search for data on the Earth’s atmosphere. Credit: Rensselaer/Peter Fox and Deborah McGuinness.

Semantic technology will bring together the data of scientists, teachers, and even the general public

Web scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will use the World Wide Web to compile and share scientific data on an unprecedented scale. Their goal is to hasten scientific discovery and innovation by enabling rapid and easy collaboration between scientists, educators, students, policy makers, and even “citizen scientists” around the world via the Web……

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