Who Authors The Semantic Web?
With the explosion of data, “big data” to use the oft-abused terminology, authoring semantics cannot be solely the province of a smallish band of experts.
Ordinary users must be enabled to author semantics on subjects of importance to them, without expert supervision.
The Semantic Web is designed for the semantic equivalent of:
An F16 cockpit has an interface some people can use, but hardly the average user.
The VW “Bettle” has an interface used by a large number of average users.
Using a VW interface, users still have accidents, disobey rules of the road, lock their keys inside and make other mistakes. But the number of users who can use the VW interface is several orders of magnitude greater than the F-16/RDF interface.
Designing a solution that only experts can use, if participation by average users is a goal, is a path to failure.
- The Semantic Web Is Failing — But Why? (Part 1)
- The Semantic Web Is Failing — But Why? (Part 2)
- The Semantic Web Is Failing — But Why? (Part 3)
- The Semantic Web Is Failing — But Why? (Part 4) This post.
- The Semantic Web Is Failing — But Why? (Part 5)
The next series starts with Saving the “Semantic” Web (Part 1)
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