Semantic Web Doesn’t Have to Be Difficult
After reading Semantic Web: Difficulties with the Classic Approach , I am even more certain that we're putting too many expectations on the semantic web. The semantic web doesn't have to be difficult to build or use. It simply starts with resetting expectations and re-branding. To start, the semantic web needs to be re-branded as the Data Web. Now take a deep breath. Doesn't the air feel lighter and taste sweeter? That's because the heaviness of the baggage brought along by the word "semantic" is gone. People see semantic and go all screwy: "Replace humans with computers?" or "How do you deal with uncertainty?" or "How do we agree on what we mean by agreement?" or "A.I. never worked." Even Tim B.L. thinks that the name "semantic web" isn't very good : I don't think it's a very good name but we're stuck with it now. The word semantics is used by different groups to mean different things. B...