Semantics is the study of meaning. The word "semantics" itself denotes a range of ideas, from the popular to the highly technical. It is often used in ordinary language to denote a problem of understanding that comes down to word selection or connotation.
In computer science, where it is considered as an application of mathematical logic, semantics reflects the meaning of programs or functions.
In this regard, semantics permits programs to be separated into their syntactical part (grammatical structure) and their semantic part (meaning).
The Semantic Web refers to the extension of the World Wide Web through the embedding of additional semantic metadata; s.a. Web Ontology Language (OWL). [Source: Wikipedia]
This topic is addressed in the ICT work programme 2011/12 (p.59)under the following challenges/ objectives:
Challenge 4: Technologies for Digital Content and Languages
Objective ICT-2011.4.3 Digital Preservation
b) Technologies and systems for intelligent management of preservation
