Abstract
The Semantic Web is an extension of the current Web where information is represented in a machine processable way. It is not separate from the current Web and one of the confusions that novice users might have is where the Semantic Web is. In fact, users can easily encounter RDF documents that are components of the Semantic Web while they navigate among Web pages. In addition, the number of RDF documents on the Web is ever-increasing and a lot of educational materials in RDF format become available on the Web. In this paper, we propose a simple Semantic Web browser by which non-expert users such as secondary school students who do not know technical details about the Semantic Web can browse through HTML documents and RDF documents.
Highlights
The Semantic Web is different from the current Web in that it contains information which is processable by machines
As a simple demonstration about how easy our system is to use, we report feedbacks from two persons who used the system to surf the set of HTML documents and RDF documents
Since the Semantic Web is not separate from the current Web and users can encounter RDF documents while surfing on the Web, it is important to have a simple browser by which users without technical backgrounds on the Semantic Web can browse through HTML documents and RDF documents
Summary
The Semantic Web is different from the current Web in that it contains information which is processable by machines (e.g., computers or computer programs; Antoniou and van Harmelen, 2004). Users can either set up the functionality using a Web browser such as Firefox (Berners-Lee et al, 2006; Dzbor et al, 2003) or access a server (Bizer and Gauß, 2007) With these browsers, users can see RDF documents that are normally lists of triples that consist of “subject, predicate, object”. If the user does not know the triple structure of RDF documents, the user cannot understand the contents What they need is a simpler browser that looks almost like a normal Web browser by which they can surf on the set of RDF documents and HTML documents freely.
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