- From: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:57:17 -0400
- CC: Bijan Parsia <bparsia@cs.man.ac.uk>, W3C SWEO IG <public-sweo-ig@w3.org>
Danny Ayers wrote: > [Snip] > I guess what I'm trying to say is that while putting a lot of effort > into promoting RDF (and other Semantic Web technologies), we [the > enthusiasts] perhaps forgot about promoting the Web. SWEO is chartered > with an emphasise on semweb tech, so in that context I'd suggest a > plausible strategy might be instead of encouraging "More RDF", rather > encouraging (and demonstrating) "More Useful RDF". > > Cheers, > Danny. > Danny, Yes, instead of promoting RDF we focus on production and demonstration of value associated with Structured Linked Data injected into the broader Web via URIs. End-users and Developers discovered and appreciated Web Pages before discovering HTML and DOM, so why should it be any different re. RDF? Bijan: We now have a lot of live and valuable Linked Data [1] [2] and that completely changes the dynamics re. production of demos, usecases, and actual solutions that incorporate RDF. Links: 1. http://esw.w3.org/topic/SweoIG/TaskForces/CommunityProjects/LinkingOpenData 2. http://esw.w3.org/topic/TaskForces/CommunityProjects/LinkingOpenData/DataSets -- Regards, Kingsley Idehen Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen President & CEO OpenLink Software Web: http://www.openlinksw.com
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