The Semantic Web is not a separate Web but an extension of the current one, in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation. – Tim Berners-Lee
Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They dont care as much about attractive sites and pretty design. – Tim Berners-Lee
We could say we want the Web to reflect a vision of the world where everything is done democratically. To do that, we get computers to talk with each other in such a way as to promote that ideal. – Tim Berners-Lee
Intellectual property is an important legal and cultural issue. Society as a whole has complex issues to face here: private ownership vs. open source, and so on. – Tim Berners-Lee