Smart sites to power semantic web (BBC) {'smart' www}

By Jonathan Fildes
BBC News science and technology reporter in Edinburgh

Much of the talk at the 2006 World Wide Web conference has been about the technologies behind the so-called "semantic web".

Phrases like "increased intelligence", "next generation" and "bringing meaning to the web" are being bandied around by researchers, exhibitors and delegates alike.
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However, she believes it can be summed up as "creating a web that can be interpreted by machines".
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The idea was articulated in an article in Scientific American five years ago by web creator Tim Berners-Lee, Professor Jim Hendler of the University of Maryland, and Professor Ora Lassila of phone giant Nokia.
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There is now even a test version of a semantic search engine called "Swoogle" at the University of Maryland.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5013146.stm

Hmmm..."Professor...of phone giant Nokia" ?? You can be a professor at a COMPANY now? No school required?