CLEANING METADATA ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB: SUGGESTIONS FOR A REGULATORY APPROACH

摘要

It seems clear that the establishment of a system of regulation to ensure clean metadata on the Web is both feasible and worthwhile. The proposal explored above accounts for the challenges of Internet regulation by tying the scheme to national top-level domains, known as ccTLDs. Doing so secures its enforceability, giving credibility to Web site owners' guarantees as to the cleanness of their metadata. This allows the realization of the myriad benefits of clean metadata within national jurisdictions that implement and enforce such legislation. Better search -faster and more democratic - is an important benefit, but it may merely be the beginning. The true potential of clean metadata could come as a platform for innovation, for visions as grand as the Semantic Web.