50. The method of claim 49 , wherein, the display rule is determined based on a display device, a particular render, and/or a purpose for viewing the semantic object.
49. A method for creating a semantic object to represent a target referent of an object type, the semantic object being stored on a computer readable medium, the method, comprising, creating a semantic object of a semantic object type to represent the target referent of the object type, the semantic object having multiple meta-tags that are associable with metadata; wherein, the semantic object of the semantic object type is suitable to represent the object type of the target referent; associating a meta-tag of the multiple meta-tags with the metadata; wherein the meta-tag or the metadata is definable using an ontology; assigning one of multiple lifecycle stages to the semantic object; and subsequently transitioning the semantic object from one of the multiple lifecycle stages to another; wherein, the semantic object has an associated display rule which governs how the semantic object is displayed to a user; subsequently determining that the target referent has been revised, updating metadata associated with one or more meta-taps of the multiple meta-taps of the semantic object based on the revision; sharing the semantic object with another user.