Weaving the Semantic Web: Contrary to urban legend, Al Gore never claimed to have invented the Internet -- but credit for the World Wide Web properly goes to Tim Berners-Lee. Senior Editor Neil McCallister reports that Berners-Lee is recruiting assistance from the tech community in developing the much-anticipated Semantic Web. The first critical step: "address the challenges and shortcomings of HTML, while worki Weaving the Semantic Web: Contrary to urban legend, Al Gore never claimed to have invented the Internet — but credit for the World Wide Web properly goes to Tim Berners-Lee. Senior Editor Neil McCallister reports that Berners-Lee is recruiting assistance from the tech community in developing the much-anticipated Semantic Web. The first critical step: “address the challenges and shortcomings of HTML, while working on the XHTML standards in parallel. … The lesson learned from XHTML is that, when it comes to standards, just because you build it doesn’t mean they will come. And yet, XHTML is only the beginning of the standards compliance that the Semantic Web would require.”Deactivating the ActiveX threat: Microsoft’s investigating reports of a vulnerability in Windows ActiveX that reportedly allows an attacker to take remote control of a system. The vulnerability affects certain versions of Windows running Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0, a set of tools that allows programmers to use scripting languages to access XML documents. No patch is available, but the company has released an advisory on how to disable ActiveX in the meantime.Building your SOA: The promises of a service-oriented architecture are real, such a greater flexibility and potential costs savings. But developing your SOA demands tough technology choices. If you need some guidance, check out our in-depth look at how other companies have gotten there Technology Industry