Comments on: Folksonomies succeed where the Semantic Web fails http://dowhatimean.net/2005/01/folksonomies-succeed-where-the-semantic-web-fails Richard Cyganiak's Weblog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:48:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Richard Cyganiak http://dowhatimean.net/2005/01/folksonomies-succeed-where-the-semantic-web-fails#comment-53 Richard Cyganiak Sun, 09 Jan 2005 16:55:03 +0000 http://dowhatimean.net/2005/01/folksonomies-succeed-where-the-semantic-web-fails#comment-53 <p>Josh, of course you are right about areas where OWL et al. are needed. And I don’t doubt RDF’s value as a distributed data model.</p> <p>SKOS, on the other hand, is one of the things I wouldn’t bet on in the light of the success of simple tagging schemes.</p> <p>How many RDF photo annotation projects have there been over the years? Having seen the ease of use and search efficiency of Flickr’s tagging system, I doubt that anything more complex will catch on.</p> Josh, of course you are right about areas where OWL et al. are needed. And I don’t doubt RDF’s value as a distributed data model.

SKOS, on the other hand, is one of the things I wouldn’t bet on in the light of the success of simple tagging schemes.

How many RDF photo annotation projects have there been over the years? Having seen the ease of use and search efficiency of Flickr’s tagging system, I doubt that anything more complex will catch on.

]]> By: jsled http://dowhatimean.net/2005/01/folksonomies-succeed-where-the-semantic-web-fails#comment-52 jsled Sun, 09 Jan 2005 15:21:41 +0000 http://dowhatimean.net/2005/01/folksonomies-succeed-where-the-semantic-web-fails#comment-52 <p>Consider that the semantic web — and even the Semantic Web — isn’t necessarily about Strict Top Down Control of data. Look at the SKOS project in particular. At the same time, there’ll be other areas where stronger tools, like OWL, are needed. They can all co-exist. Betting on the semantic web is betting on reasonably-structured data expressing some type of meaning; tools define the user experience, and we <em>do</em> need better tools.</p> Consider that the semantic web — and even the Semantic Web — isn’t necessarily about Strict Top Down Control of data. Look at the SKOS project in particular. At the same time, there’ll be other areas where stronger tools, like OWL, are needed. They can all co-exist. Betting on the semantic web is betting on reasonably-structured data expressing some type of meaning; tools define the user experience, and we do need better tools.

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