2. 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 the 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 each 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; and extracting a portion of the content from the target referent for inclusion in the semantic object; 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; wherein the extraction is part of a data mining performed on selected resources including the ontology or the Internet. sharing, with another user, the semantic object having included therein the portion of the content extracted from the target referent.
2. 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 the 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 each 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; and extracting a portion of the content from the target referent for inclusion in the semantic object; 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; wherein the extraction is part of a data mining performed on selected resources including the ontology or the Internet. sharing, with another user, the semantic object having included therein the portion of the content extracted from the target referent. 37. The method of claim 2 , further comprising, automatically identifying metadata of the target referent to be associated with the metadata of the semantic object representing the target referent.