links for 2009-09-13

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They seem to have fought off the cruder version of this, the so-called ‘top-slicing’. But from what I hear there is no appetite for a more creative organisational geometry and a more open production process. It is partly because the BBC is so culturally defensive.

The first major Web trend we're looking at is Structured Data. In prior presentations, this has sometimes been referred to under the umbrella term of 'Semantic Web'. However the way 2009 has panned out so far, it's become clear that this trend is much more than the Semantic Web. In this post, we'll analyze the developments in Structured Data this year and provide you with 3 product examples: OpenCalais, Google, Wolfram Alpha.