Computing Now | February 2009 | What's New: Semantic Email Addressing: The Semantic Web Killer App?

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Semantic Email Addressing: The Semantic Web Killer App?

by Michael Kassoff, Charles Petrie, Lee-Ming Zen, and Michael Genesereth

Email addresses are a means to an end. The goal is usually not to send an email to a particular address, but to a particular person. You want to say hello to your friend Steve or send a message to the VP of marketing at Microsoft or to the head caterer for your wedding. Ideally, you could send a message to a person just by entering his or her name, position, or some other descriptive attribute. If a person’s email address changes, the email system should send to the new address automatically. If the person matching a description differs over time, the email system should send to the person currently matching that description.

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