> Graph databases are necessary to implement semantic web databases. The online docs (and TBL himself) rarely mention of graph databases, but obviously the ide

> Graph databases are necessary to implement semantic web databases. The online docs (and TBL himself) rarely mention of graph databases, but obviously the idea is tied tightly to RDF. Separating it from that implementation detail is part of the point, though. Getting people to represent their data via an additional format was never going to work. > For the BBS mentioned here, that might actually be illegal, as it might contain PII Can't imagine the purpose you had in even making this point. In theory, any arbitrary database exposed publicly could be illegal to replicate due to copyright, PII laws, etc. But that has nothing at all to do with a technical discussion of a technique for exposing data. What a bizarre point to make. As an aside, I'm glad you removed the "Uh........." from the beginning of your post. We're all making an effort to reduce the typical HN snark in the comments, and there's always room for improvement :D