Grout

"Grout is an RDF aggregator for geospatial metadata, with spatial
query capabilities. It is written in perl, with a mod_perl handler and
plans for a simple CGI interface. It uses Class::RDF as a backend data store."

Reading about Grout reminded me of Anne Galloway’s interest in locative media. 

Triples rule.

You take your Shelley Powers and your Anne Galloway and your Jo Walsh … talk about a triple!  The semantic web emerges based on the standards work that moves along slowly in the standards sandbox where those who can play well with others do. 

Meanwhile, the efforts to jump-start a market driven engineering adhocracy with tools like tags and blogs and podcasts offer dramatic glimpses, faceted views of where the standards based development is quietly leading us.