KingsleyIdehen

Is the World Wide Web useless? If the answer to that question is "No" then its contradictory (albeit inadvertent) to presume a Semantic World Wide Web is useless.

Granted, the messaging behind the Semantic Web meme is simply as bad as it gets, especially for something so important.

The World Wide Web was a Semantic Web from inception. The Semantic Web meme should really have been presented as a new formalized insight into what already existed, since Web inception.

Links:

[1] http://bit.ly/evidence-that-the-world-wide-web-was-based-on-...

[2] http://kidehen.blogspot.com/2014/03/world-wide-web-25-years-... .

RDF is unpopular because it is generally misunderstood. This problem arises (primarily) from how RDF has been presented to the market in general.

To understand RDF you have first understand what Data actually is, once you cross that hurdle two things will become obvious:

1. RDF is extremely useful in regards to all issues relating to Data

2. RDF has been poorly promoted.

Links:

[1] http://slidesha.re/1epEyZ1 -- Understanding Data

[2] http://bit.ly/1fluti1 -- What is RDF, Really?

[3] http://bit.ly/1cqm7Hs -- RDF Relation (RDF should really stand for: Relations Description Framework) .