As described in this article: Open Enterprise: Rebooting HTML for the Semantic Web, Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of what we now know as the Web, is promoting the next phase of web development, called the Semantic Web.

Tim has made some interesting comments on the development of the web, including the failure of people to adopt XML in a logical way that could affect everybody. HTML and many of the functions in modern browsers have caused problems over the years, leading the confusing mix of standards and 'Built for Netscape' type logos at the bottom of the page.