Description of a feature does not mean anything about how it will be supported by a specific service implementation. Whatever I describe, I need to know whether it's queriable. For every charter you write, you will have to point out the work that you are not going to do. See also the notes by Sanjiva . Characterized what WS do.
Semantic Web provides logic.
WS can be seen as a SW application. Did not talk about topic maps at all. Whiteboard 1 . Whiteboard 2 . Whiteboard 3 .