There has been much talk in recent years about the Semantic Web, but little hard action, although standards have been promulgated by the W3C. The semantic web esentially involves methods of organizing the infomration on the web for individual users. It likely will involve tagging information in some form, so it can be easily retrieved or searched for retrieval. Some semantic web applications have been produced, including one called Twine, which is a new website that people can use to store references to the vast array of information they deal with every day, including email and website visits. Twine was developed following the W3C standards and may be an importaant new application that could move the semantic web forward. It is further explained in this article: Technology Review: The Semantic Web Goes Mainstream