This may be more likely to happen if there was a compromise between the two: query the database, but maintain a database that is queryable using SPARQL and can

This may be more likely to happen if there was a compromise between the two: query the database, but maintain a database that is queryable using SPARQL and can export to TTL files. Then the linked data revolution can continue and we don't have to maintain finnicky webpages but rather a relatively static database.