This means that, for the most part, all it takes to build things for the Semantic Web is a good text editor. However, to be truly productive at working on Semantic Web applications, most would agree that dedicated tools are the way to go.
There have been a number of simple and free prototype tools built by World Wide Web Consortium members, such as the Tabulator, a simple tool that makes it possible to browse through complex Resource Description Framework data directly from a standard Web browser.