Tim Berners-Lee’s Keynote
This year is the tenth anniversary of the Web
Original aim was to facilitate “human communication through shared knowledge”
Have achieved much, but not yet universal writing
Next stage is the Semantic Web
RDF has important role to play
Inappropriate patent claims are hindering development of Web
See <http://www.w3.org/Talks/1999/ 05/www8-tbl/Overview.html>