we assume in this blog that it is worth quoting at some more length, as people do read a wide variety of blogs (and so cannot be assumed to have read everything), and in a p2p context, we want to stress the really important material, especially for a non-geeky audience. However, I must admit I had missed the date of your contribution. Thanks for that update!

Michel

Well, wow, thank you! I am not used to seeing my writings quoted so much at length. Again, thanks.

But being directed to these words by my feed reader (from a basis that is now, what, 10 months ago?) also got me to thinking. I stand by the words here (and in the full article that I just re-read after a long hiatus), but I would likely say them differently today.

Linked data and the semantic Web are moving at warp speed. Linked data, in particular, is showing the way to pragmatic, meaningful connections. And, for me and my company, that is also leading to a quicker exploration of semantics, class relationships, ontology mappings, and much that is closer to the “semantic” end of the spectrum rather than the “structured” end of the spectrum implied by my comments above.

I frankly did not see this rapidity of uptake and it is very, very exciting.

The lesson, I think, is that structure, yes, makes sense, but, once we taste it, we want to take it further. The role of structure driving the demand for semantics is pretty compelling.

In that regard, I would not equate “premature” nearly so strongly to the semantic Web.

Thanks, Mike