The Semantic Web, a project overseen by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), seeks to make the world wide web intelligently interpret what people are looking for when they are searching the internet. For example, computers would data-tag photographs and combine those tags with information from a desktop calendar, so people would be able to ask the web what the people in the photograph were doing on a particular day.
However, researchers have warned that the combination of personal information could lead to privacy compromises, including increased data mining.
Berners-Lee, who is director of W3C, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK last week that the teams working on the Semantic Web project are making sure privacy principles are included in its architecture.
"Certainly, Semantic Web technology will [enhance privacy]," said Berners-Lee. "The Semantic Web project is developing systems which will answer where data came from and where it's going to - the system will be architectured for a set of appropriate uses."
Another principle of the Semantic Web is that people who make a web request for personal information being held by third parties, such as companies and government agencies, will be able to see all the data those organisations hold on them, according to Berners-Lee.
However, researchers have warned that the combination of personal information could lead to privacy compromises, including increased data mining.
Berners-Lee, who is director of W3C, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK last week that the teams working on the Semantic Web project are making sure privacy principles are included in its architecture.
"Certainly, Semantic Web technology will [enhance privacy]," said Berners-Lee. "The Semantic Web project is developing systems which will answer where data came from and where it's going to - the system will be architectured for a set of appropriate uses."
Another principle of the Semantic Web is that people who make a web request for personal information being held by third parties, such as companies and government agencies, will be able to see all the data those organisations hold on them, according to Berners-Lee.
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