The Times Online has a story about how the current world wide web as we know it will be superseded by something much more powerful called the “semantic” web; this according to the internet patriarch Tim Berners-Lee.

“Using the semantic web, you can build applications that are much more powerful than anything on the regular web,” Mr Berners-Lee said. “Imagine if two completely separate things — your bank statements and your calendar — spoke the same language and could share information with one another. You could drag one on top of the other and a whole bunch of dots would appear showing you when you spent your money.

“If you still weren’t sure of where you were when you made a particular transaction, you could then drag your photo album on top of the calendar, and be reminded that you used your credit card at the same time you were taking pictures of your kids at a theme park. So you wouldd know not to claim it as a tax deduction.

“It’s about creating a seamless web of all the data in your life.”

This stuff scares the living daylights out of me. Although, by the sounds of it, the IRS will be well pleased.

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