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The list was crap, but the semantic web isn't. It's really just the idea of putting machine-readable data on the web, which isn't a particularly crazy idea. It
by bct 19y ago
The list was crap, but the semantic web isn't. It's really just the idea of putting machine-readable data on the web, which isn't a particularly crazy idea.
It doesn't even need any new tech; you could do the semantic web with XML, microformats, JSON or any structured data format. RDF, SPARQL, etc. just make the job (a lot) easier.
The only problem the semantic web has is that everybody seems to think it's this crazy complex concept. I'd love to know where the marketing screwed up.
- corentin 19y agoProbably the fact that the marketing really is: "add truckloads of markup to everything you write using this bunch of over-engineered standards and, magic!, you have the semantic web". I guess that if you want to see this semantic web happen, they should focus their marketing efforts on website designers (as opposed to content producers). Most web designers are willing to drink any Kool-Aid you feed them.
- bct 19y ago> add truckloads of markup to everything you write It worked for RSS. What's over-engineered about it? RDF is elegant in its simplicity.