The internet community as a whole tends to find the two terms "Semantic Web" and "Web 3.0" to be at least synonymous in concept if not completely interchangeable. The definition continues to vary depending on to whom you speak. The overwhelming consensus is that Web 3.0 is most assuredly the "next big thing" but there only lies speculation as to just what that might be. It will be an improvement in the respect that it will still contain Web 2.0 properties while continuing to add to its ever expanding lexicon and library of applications. There are some who claim that Web 3.0 will be more application based and center its efforts towards more graphically capable environments, "non-browser applications and non-computer based devices...geographic or location-based information retrieval" and even more applicable use and growth of Artificial Intelligence. For example, Conrad Wolfram, has argued that Web 3.0 is where "the computer is generating new information", rather than humans.
Others simply state their belief that Web 3.0 will primarily focus on dramatically improving the functionality and usability of search engines. An important factor that users must continue to keep in mind is that the transition to Web 2.0 from Web 1.0 took approximately ten years. Given the same time frame, this next transition will not be complete until around the year 2015.
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