[[edit source](/w/index.php?title=Semantic_Web&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section's source code: Web 3.0")] Tim Berners-Lee has described the Semantic Web as a component of Web 3.0.[[28]](#cite_note-28) > People keep asking what Web 3.0 is. I think maybe when you've got an overlay of [scalable vector graphics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalable_vector_graphics "Scalable vector graphics") – everything rippling and folding and looking misty – on [Web 2.0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0 "Web 2.0") and access to a semantic Web integrated across a huge space of data, you'll have access to an unbelievable data resource … — Tim Berners-Lee, 2006 "Semantic Web" is sometimes used as a synonym for "Web 3.0",[[29]](#cite_note-29) though the definition of each term varies.

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