[I was not available to respond as this thread developed so I'm commenting "for the record" to several peers here.] I offered that link because gives the backg

[I was not available to respond as this thread developed so I'm commenting "for the record" to several peers here.] I offered that link because gives the background that lead to a real, practical metadata standard. The "semantic web" has evolved to be linked data tied together on the public side with JSON-LD and on the private side by whatever implementation technologies. Manu beat incredible political odds to bring the basic intent of the semantic web forward. One strategy of the linked data community has been to distance itself from "semantic" because the word triggers such rage, as evidenced by the tone of argument in this topic. It is a mystery to me why these developers waste their time with straw-man hyperbole, offended by a decade old proposal. Those contributing to the "noise machine" are doing a disservice by casting doubt in the name of a no longer operational goal. With JSON-LD the "semantic web" won. JSON-LD is basic - the basis for whatever one wants to create with linked data. It is not "partial". It is comprehensive and superior to other metadata documents. It's the only solution worth adopting, and it's a standard. The opportunity, today, is linked metadata for day-to-day applications, which solves a real problem and is getting significant adoption.