Developing an email violation prevention model based on web 3.0 technology

Email is one of the most important Internet applications for most computer users. The usage of email is increasing from time to time. However, together with this growth comes a variety of problems, such as increase of spam and the widely spread of computer worms via emails. The current scenario poses a challenge on ways to manage email efficiently, especially in avoiding the sending and receiving of spam email. Recent development in web technology such as Semantic Web provides an infrastructure that enables web pages, databases, and services to both consume and produce data on the web. Application developer can use this information to search, filter, and prepare information in new and exciting ways to assist the web user. With these features, Semantic Email, one of Semantic Web application, is believed to be able to help control spam by using semantic filtering and filing of email. This paper reports the current practice of email violation prevention method by Internet Service Providers in Malaysia, and later proposes a measure to prevent email violation in Malaysia through Web 3.0 technology. The development of an email violation prevention model based on Web 3.0 elements signifies the theoretical contribution of this study.