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Calais 4.0 Released, Supports Linked Data

ReadWriteWeb has a short article about Thomson Reuters’ new version of Calais. I think the inclusion of Linked Data makes this new version really interesting as it enables de-referencing semantic entities within content and such allows for much better functionality for content providers and more rich user experience.

While I’ve had my doubts about the whole buzz around semantic web, developments like this and new open APIs for social networks really makes possible building totally new kind of online services that can better utilize social graphs cross-referenced with semantic content. Sound nice, but also a bit scary.