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Having attended ISWC this year, where I also published in the proceedings of a workshop, I believe you don't understand exactly how academia works. Academic fie
by sktrdie 12y ago
Having attended ISWC this year, where I also published in the proceedings of a workshop, I believe you don't understand exactly how academia works. Academic fields such as the semantic web have nothing to give to industry.
It's like asking Einstein back in 1905 how is his work going to be used in industry.
Semantic web is not an industry or engineering field. It's theoretical and academic and it has its purpose because it lays strong theoretical foundations.
- djulius 12y agoThe Semantic Web is developing a technology, like the Web is a technology. It is something that aims to be used by people, so to be implemented in real systems. Therefore it aims at giving smth to the industry. The theoretical argument of the semweb is absolutely meaningless. Physicists study law of nature, there is no such thing in the Web which is a deeply human field. It's quite an insult for Einstein to be compared to the Semantic Web ...