With Web 3.0, a new era of the web begins. It is no longer based on centralised platforms, but on decentralised technologies and tools that one can use autonomously and independently.
In the economy, decentralised technologies like blockchain or smart contracts have become indispensable, and it seems only a matter of time before the idea of a decentralised and self-organised web becomes a reality everywhere.
In education and research as well.
Semantic Web
Web 3.0 enables the systematic unlocking of digital content meanings. Thus, it is also called the semantic web. It will radically change the way we create, maintain, and share our knowledge.
The extraction of meanings and relationships is largely through metadata. They describe content granularly according to professional, formal, and other criteria. In this way, they are not only better understood but also processed automatically.
Autonomous Authoring and Publishing Solutions
Web 3.0 stands for the principle of organising knowledge decentrally. The goal is the creation of digital knowledge resources that can be maintained and networked independently. The basis is
All you need is a bit of webspace and an interoperable authoring and publishing solution.
Automation
Through Web 3.0, solutions for the creation or networking of digital knowledge resources can be embedded into local authoring or publishing systems. Thus, even a technically uninterested actor can create high-quality knowledge resources, in all forms and formats.
Smart Contracts
Fake news and disinformation are the risks of an open knowledge society. But they can be effectively minimised with Web 3.0 technologies, such as smart contracts.
Smart contracts are web applications that can be programmed to automatically verify information with data from trusted, previously approved sources. If they match, they are marked as verified information. In case of discrepancies, further verifications can be triggered or warnings issued.
Smart contracts are excellent for independent peer reviews and transparent documentation of works and processes of all kinds.