Re:Ask HN: What do you think is the next Technology worth ma...
by coderdude on Thursday December 31, 2009 @12:47PM
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Be that as it may, the Semantic Web community and the data it requires in order to exist are still growing, much faster than when I started blogging about it in January 07.
People are starting to care but the "adoption rate" is so low because, as you said, people don't understand it. I still struggle with the subject. Not the underlying concepts, but the picture as a whole.
From an "insider's perspective" I can say with confidence that what we hope the Semantic Web will bring us is going to come about. I just personally no longer believe in "well, here is the old Web, and then here's the day we switch on the Semantic Web. See the difference?"
People are starting to care but the "adoption rate" is so low because, as you said, people don't understand it. I still struggle with the subject. Not the underlying concepts, but the picture as a whole.
From an "insider's perspective" I can say with confidence that what we hope the Semantic Web will bring us is going to come about. I just personally no longer believe in "well, here is the old Web, and then here's the day we switch on the Semantic Web. See the difference?"