Somewhat related, I suggested how the Semantic Web (aka "Linked Data") and the more real-lifeish Data Science field could be merged, at a Linked Data event in Sweden earlier this year:

TLDR; What semweb / linked data lacks the most, is a practical logic / reasoning layer, so that facts can more easily be inferred form existing plain data. I further suggest this is already available in a rock-solid proven technology; Prolog.

Blog post: http://bionics.it/posts/linked-data-science

Slides and video: http://bionics.it/posts/semantic-web-data-science-my-talk-at...