By Jack Krupansky
The Semantic Abyss

If we look simply at the term Semantic Web, we assume that it is a web that has something to do with semantics, and semantics essentially is about meaning. I think most (but not all) people can agree with that. The rub comes when we try to figure out what various factions mean by meaning.

… Some of us would really like to see more of a Knowledge Web that goes well beyond merely linking together lots of typed data and it is not clear at all that the current RDF-based Semantic Web technology stack is indeed well-suited for that purpose, but even this is not a valid block to the use of the “semantic” label.

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