Monday's SanFran MusicTech Summit featured a host of informative panels dealing with the ways technology is transforming the music industry. One thread concerned how music companies are using the so-called "Semantic Web," the field of web data from which actual meaning can be derived through analysis and machine learning. Most prominently, recommendation engines, messaging startups, marketing organizations and data reporting agencies are all using the Semantic Web to improve their understanding of both music content and artist reputations, improving the knowledge base of an industry known for traditionally poor market research and analysis.

Two startups that presented during an afternoon demo session have deep roots in the Semantic Web.

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