Simplicity,
Incentives, Semantic Web and Web 2.0: "
Despite page ranking and other techniques, the scale of the
Internet is straining available commercial search engines to
deliver truly relevant content.' This observation is not new, but
its relevance is growing.' Similarly, the integration and
interoperabillity challenges facing enterprises have never been
greater.' One approach to address these needs, among others, is to
adopt semantic Web standards and technologies.
The image is compelling:' targeted and unambiguous information
from all relevant sources, served in usable bit-sized chunks.' It
sounds great; why isn’t it happening?
There are clues — actually, reasons — why semantic Web
technology is not being embraced on a broad-scale way.' I have
spoken elsewhere as to why
enterprises or specific organizations will be the initial adopters
and promoters of these technologies.' I still believe that to be
the case.' The complexity and lack of a network effect ensure that
semantic Web stuff will not initially arise from the public
Internet.
Parellels with Knowledge Management
Paul Warren, in' '
(Via AI3 - Adaptive
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