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Rails could. It gives you an api for free and there are plugins/gems that you could modify to fit into the semantic web. BUT, I don't think this 'semantic web'

Rails could. It gives you an api for free and there are plugins/gems that you could modify to fit into the semantic web. BUT, I don't think this 'semantic web' is ever going to be achieved. Most of the big players want you to give the information to them. Sure they give you an API, but it's against the terms of service to take your data out(Youtube,Facebook). I think when those barriers break we could get closer to it, but how are they going to make money? Maybe I am wrong.

Readmore 19y ago
That's true, but my thought here is that if something like Rails automatically generated semantic web structure when it serves the pages then as people build web apps we get the semantic stuff for free. Think if Scribd had something like that when they built their site. Then all of those documents could have extra data, pulled from the database and the document itself, embedded in the page. I guess what I'm thinking of is an extension to something like ActiveRecord that pulls that information out of your models and database to embed in your pages.
bct 19y ago
There are lots of industries that don't make their money by controlling access to data. Pretty much anybody selling you something can gain by making it easier for you to find the product you want. I'm sure eg. realtors would be happy to publish their listings in a machine-readable format if they thought anybody cared. Lots of government data too, explicitly open data like Wikipedia, and things that aren't worth the trouble to try to lock up and monetize.