First, I agree and would also like to say the semantic web idea is roughly 25 years old, which is such a short time period that saying something is dead/failed seems a little silly.
Second, I would say the idea is more realistic now than ever.
Now we have:
- Git so you can cheaply & collaboratively experiment + evolve both data encodings and schemas
- Faster, more reliable type checkers and code/data refactoring tools
- Deep learning agents that are showing promising gains in question/answering challenges so I can see in the very near feature DLAs coauthoring semantic content alongside humans
- As always, more programmers, faster bandwidth, more data, faster computers, etc.
I think technology is getting to the point where the semantic web could happen relatively quickly.
That being said, I still don't know if it will happen because I now am not sure if there is are strong economics forces that would impede such a thing.
Second, I would say the idea is more realistic now than ever.
Now we have:
- Git so you can cheaply & collaboratively experiment + evolve both data encodings and schemas
- Faster, more reliable type checkers and code/data refactoring tools
- Deep learning agents that are showing promising gains in question/answering challenges so I can see in the very near feature DLAs coauthoring semantic content alongside humans
- As always, more programmers, faster bandwidth, more data, faster computers, etc.
I think technology is getting to the point where the semantic web could happen relatively quickly.
That being said, I still don't know if it will happen because I now am not sure if there is are strong economics forces that would impede such a thing.