- From: Kjetil Kjernsmo <kjetilk@opera.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 15:55:40 +0100
- To: public-sweo-ig@w3.org
Hi all! I'd like to raise an issue, namely what is communicated from the Semantic Web Activity page. The current opening statement is this: "The Semantic Web is a web of data. There is lots of data we all use every day, and its not part of the web. I can see my bank statements on the web, and my photographs, and I can see my appointments in a calendar. But can I see my photos in a calendar to see what I was doing when I took them? Can I see bank statement lines in a calendar?" As it looks now, I think these use cases will be realized using microformats, and that RDF will play a very minor role. I think there is a very real risk that developers will think that all Semantic Web uses cases can be satisfied with microformats and that the "complex, academic stuff" that we're doing is nothing but a unnecessary complication of something that can be done rather simply with microformats. We need simple use cases to start with, but not the ones that will most likely happen through other means. So, I think we have a problem here, and that this paragraph will have to be rewritten. I don't know what it should say, but I hope to start a debate. Cheers, Kjetil -- Kjetil Kjernsmo Semantic Web Specialist Opera Software ASA
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