Why would they do it? To be found. There are over a trillion web sites. Why did people put in so much work? Because they had something that they wanted to b

Why would they do it? To be found. There are over a trillion web sites. Why did people put in so much work? Because they had something that they wanted to be found/seen/known by someone else. The semantic web, in the form that it will come in, won't be nearly that much work. Instead of each business creating a web site, they'll just fill out the data of what makes them what they are and what makes them unique. There are a trillion textual web sites, nearly all created in the last 15 years, most of which don't need to exist. My prediction: Very soon, they won't. Edit: I'm not talking about current initiatives like LinkedData. If the SW would only come like that, I would agree with you.