Came looking for the reference, and found it - but there are fewer and fewer mentions of SPARQL with each of these HN discussions. I think people just think "o

Came looking for the reference, and found it - but there are fewer and fewer mentions of SPARQL with each of these HN discussions. I think people just think "oh some semantic web crap" and move on without realising how powerful RDF etc. really can be when used as simple tools, without the 90s hype of changing the world with linked data. At least the old ideas are resurging in the form of Neo4j (essentially a triplestore) and Cypher (essentially SPARQL).