Web pages are designed for people. For the Semantic Web, we need to look at existing databases.

You affect the world by what you browse.

When it comes to professionalism, it makes sense to talk about being professional in IT. Standards are vital so that IT professionals can provide systems that last.

Whatever the device you use for getting your information out, it should be the same information.

Most larger companies now see that for the market to grow, Web infrastructure must be royalty-free.

Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design.

The Domain Name Server (DNS) is the Achilles heel of the Web. The important thing is that it's managed responsibly.

We shouldn't build a technology to colour, or grey out, what people say. The media in general is balanced, although there are a lot of issues to be addressed that the media rightly pick up on.

We could say we want the Web to reflect a vision of the world where everything is done democratically. To do that, we get computers to talk with each other in such a way as to promote that ideal.

The Web is now philosophical engineering. Physics and the Web are both about the relationship between the small and the large.

The Semantic Web is not a separate Web but an extension of the current one, in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation.

The most important thing that was new was the idea of URI-or URL, that any piece of information anywhere should have an identifier, which will allow you to get hold of it.

The Mobile Web Initiative is important - information must be made seamlessly available on any device.

The important thing is the diversity available on the Web.

The Google algorithm was a significant development. I've had thank-you emails from people whose lives have been saved by information on a medical website or who have found the love of their life on a dating website.