I thought it was really interesting that Slava from RethinkDB mentioned in his recent O'Reilly talk that the Semantic Web is something that people don't really care about.
I was shocked; I think it's everything.
The Semantic Web is the big nut. Just because we don't have a way to crack it yet, doesn't diminish it in terms of its importance. This video helps to hint at why that is and what's at stake.
I just don't think people will be willing to add the semantic data. Instead of the semantic web, I think we will see more and more services that can extract information automatically.
For example, if you tweet or blog about a place, it seems doable to automatically realize that it is a place. You don't have to tweet "Going to <semantic:place>Joe's Bar</semantic:place>". From knowing your default location, a clever computer could recognise "Joe's Bar" as a place, because your city has a place called "Joe's Bar".
I think there are already examples of this cropping up here and there (and Yahoo has a service for places you can use).
Well done short documentary on the promise and problems of the semantic web. A lot of familiar names interviewed on the topic. Berners-Lee, Shirky, etc.
[+] [-] david927|16 years ago|reply
I was shocked; I think it's everything.
The Semantic Web is the big nut. Just because we don't have a way to crack it yet, doesn't diminish it in terms of its importance. This video helps to hint at why that is and what's at stake.
[+] [-] Tichy|16 years ago|reply
For example, if you tweet or blog about a place, it seems doable to automatically realize that it is a place. You don't have to tweet "Going to <semantic:place>Joe's Bar</semantic:place>". From knowing your default location, a clever computer could recognise "Joe's Bar" as a place, because your city has a place called "Joe's Bar".
I think there are already examples of this cropping up here and there (and Yahoo has a service for places you can use).
[+] [-] lkozma|16 years ago|reply
It argues quite convincingly why semantic web is useless.
[+] [-] FabriceTalbot|16 years ago|reply
However, I do agree that the word "semantic" has become too much of a buzzword and most people aren't really aware of it's true meaning.
[+] [-] waterlesscloud|16 years ago|reply