Another Word For It Patrick Durusau on Topic Maps and Semantic Diversity

February 7, 2013

The Semantic Web Is Failing — But Why? (Part 3)

Filed under: Linked Data,RDF,Semantic Web — Patrick Durusau @ 4:30 pm

Is Linked Data the Answer?

Leaving the failure of users to understand RDF semantics to one side, there is also the issue of the complexity of its various representations.

Consider Kingsley Idehem’s “simple” example Turtle document, which he posted in: Simple Linked Data Deployment via Turtle Docs using various Storage Services:

##### Starts Here #####
# Note: the hash is a comment character in Turtle
# Content start
# You can save this to a local file. In my case I use Local File Name: kingsley.ttl .
# Actual Content:

# prefix decalaration that enable the use of compact identifiers instead of fully expanded 
# HTTP URIs.

@prefix owl:   .
@prefix foaf:  .
@prefix rdfs:  . 
@prefix wdrs:  .
@prefix opl:  .
@prefix cert:  .
@prefix:<#>.

# Profile Doc Stuff

<> a foaf:Document . 
<> rdfs:label "DIY Linked Data Doc About: kidehen" .
<> rdfs:comment "Simple Turtle File That Describes Entity: kidehen " .

# Entity Me Stuff

<> foaf:primaryTopic :this .
<> foaf:maker :this .
:this a foaf:Person . 
:this wdrs:describedby <> . 
:this foaf:name "Kingsley Uyi Idehen" .
:this foaf:firstName "Kingsley" .
:this foaf:familyName "Idehen" .
:this foaf:nick "kidehen" .
:this owl:sameAs  .
:this owl:sameAs  .
:this owl:sameAs  .
:this owl:sameAs  .
:this foaf:page  .
:this foaf:page  .
:this foaf:page  .
:this foaf:page  . 
:this foaf:knows , , , , ,  .

# Entity Me: Identity & WebID Stuff 

#:this cert:key :pubKey .
#:pubKey a cert:RSAPublicKey;
# Public Key Exponent
# :pubkey cert:exponent "65537" ^^ xsd:integer;
# Public Key Modulus
# :pubkey cert:modulus "d5d64dfe93ab7a95b29b1ebe21f3cd8a6651816c9c39b87ec51bf393e4177e6fc
2ee712d92caf9d9f1423f5e65f127274529a2e6cc53f1e452c6736e8db8732f919c4160eaa9b6f327c8617c
40036301b547abfc4c5de610780461b269e3d8f8e427237da6152ac2047d88ff837cddae793d15427fa7ce
067467834663737332be467eb353be678bffa7141e78ce3052597eae3523c6a2c414c2ae9f8d7be807bb3
fc0d516b8ecd2fafee4f20ff3550919601a0ad5d29126fb687c2e8c156f04918a92c4fc09f136473f3303814e1
83185edf0046e124e856ca7ada027345e614f8d665f5d7172d880497005ff4626c2b0f2206f7dce717e4f279
dd2a0ddf04b" ^^ xsd:hexBinary .

# :this opl:hasCertificate :cert .
# :cert opl:fingerprint "640F9DD4CFB6DD6361CBAD12C408601E2479CC4A" ^^ xsd:hexBinary;
#:cert opl:hasPublicKey "d5d64dfe93ab7a95b29b1ebe21f3cd8a6651816c9c39b87ec51bf393e4177e6fc2
ee712d92caf9d9f1423f5e65f127274529a2e6cc53f1e452c6736e8db8732f919c4160eaa9b6f327c8617c400
36301b547abfc4c5de610780461b269e3d8f8e427237da6152ac2047d88ff837cddae793d15427fa7ce06746
7834663737332be467eb353be678bffa7141e78ce3052597eae3523c6a2c414c2ae9f8d7be807bb3fc0d516b
8ecd2fafee4f20ff3550919601a0ad5d29126fb687c2e8c156f04918a92c4fc09f136473f3303814e183185edf00
46e124e856ca7ada027345e614f8d665f5d7172d880497005ff4626c2b0f2206f7dce717e4f279dd2a0ddf04b" 
^^ xsd:hexBinary .

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Try handing that “simple” example and Idehem’s article to some non-technical person in your office to gauge its “simplicity.”

For that matter, hand it to some of your technical but non-Semantic Web folks as well.

Your experience with that exercise will speak louder than anything I can say.

The next series starts with Saving the “Semantic” Web (Part 1)

1 Comment

  1. […] You may recall Kingsley’s demonstration of the non-complexity of authoring for the Semantic Web in The Semantic Web Is Failing — But Why? (Part 3). […]

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