i202 Fall 2009 School of Information, UC Berkeley

In a recent section we were discussing the limitations of putting useful data in content of links.  I came across an interesting interview with David Huynh an interaction designer with FreeBase where he describes ways of utilizing the semantic web for links. Basically it's still a challenge since there are not many frontend interfaces that allow users to attach sematic data to hyperlinks - but David's projects point to a hopeful future.

Check it out: http://blog.semantic-web.at/2009/05/14/interview-with-david-huynh-the-user-interface-design-must-inform-the-back-end-design/