Semantic Web Debate

Comments compare the article's topic to the Semantic Web, debating its past failures, relevance today, and why it didn't succeed despite its promises for structured, machine-readable web data.

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teddyh Sep 19, 2023 View on HN

Wasn’t this what the Semantic Web was supposed to enable?

est Aug 11, 2022 View on HN

The semantic web never caught on, it's web all along.

hinkley May 5, 2020 View on HN

How's that semantic web thing working out for you?

DeathArrow Oct 21, 2021 View on HN

I see no mentions of semantic web in the article.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_Web

rxin Oct 10, 2010 View on HN

Isn't this what semantic web is about?

Areading314 Mar 14, 2021 View on HN

Wasn't semantic web supposed to generalize the hosting of structured info? Seems like this is just a special case

dougskinner Jul 6, 2020 View on HN

Sounds like you want website to embrace the semantic web: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_Web

nellypat May 27, 2019 View on HN

This is a good write-up on this exact question: https://twobithistory.org/2018/05/27/semantic-web.html

miguelrochefort Nov 16, 2021 View on HN

You just described the semantic web. It’s beautiful. Now why did it fail?

hbogert Aug 15, 2016 View on HN

Isn't this a poster child example for the semantic web?