KingsleyIdehen
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-... .
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) .