Marianna's presentation on the Semantic Web was among my favorites of the semester. Reese & Banerjee touch briefly upon the concept in their chapter on metadata formats, as well as in a few other places in the book, and provide good, concise explanations. But Marianna's powerpoint presentation will be useful as a detailed source of clear definitions and visual interpretations of the Semantic Web.
Specifically, the presentation is noteworthy for the inclusion of several slides detailing the components of a Social Semantic Web. Taking into account the increasingly social nature of the internet, the idea of a Social Semantic Web is critical. Among the range of ontologies that any manifestation of a semantic web would need to link are the user-generated folksonomies. Most ontologies, whether or not of library-related origin, are dynamic systems, constantly in formation. I like that Marianna's presentation directly addresses this reality, rather than assuming a scenario in which static semantic links can be drawn and established indefinitely.
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