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Alex Iskold, The Structured Web - A Primer (Read/Write Web): "Among the evolving aspects of the new web are Semantics, Attention (Implicit Behavior) and Personalization. Regardless of what we are decide to call this next web, the information in it is going to be more meaningful, more automatic, and more tailored to each of us. A critical piece of the next web evolution is the introduction of structured information. This concept is so basic to us as humans, that we completely overlook the fact that it is quite foreign to computers. When a person looks at a book on Amazon, she sees a book, with the author, ISBN number, publisher and the publication date. To a computer that page on Amazon is nothing more than a bunch of HTML. Increasingly, information on the web is becoming more and more structured. This process is happening via several major movements: * The rise of APIs * The proliferation of vertical applications that run on top of existing data * An increase in classic Semantic Technologies and Microformats * The spread of RSS as an information delivery mechanism In this post we'll look at how these movements collectively help power a more structured web."