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Rethinking the Semantic Web: The Rise of Knowledge Graphs

Avatar of Bob DuCharmeBob DuCharme
ยทSep 28, 2025 02:45 PMยท

New blog entry: Let's stop saying "semantic web" โ€” like a startup pivot, the technology turned out to be great for things other than a new kind of "web". https://www.bobdc.com/blog/stopsemanticweb/ (In fact, "knowledge graphs" are an important part of the update of this thinking.)

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    Keith M.
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    Thanks for staking out a firm position. It's hard to argue with the author of a book that introduced so many people to the topic you revisit in this post.

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    Keith M.
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    Saying "stop" supports the notion that the semantic web is dead - the aspirations haven't been met, and never will be. That's speculation at best. It's not dead yet!, I use the phrase "semantic web" for its original meaning, which, in the context of W3C standards and the original vision, remains relevant.

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    Keith M.
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    I appreciate very much your emphasis on using the phrase "RDF technologies". That's a good label for (to be verbose) the technologies built on standards based on RDF. There's no doubt these technologies have escaped the laboratory, failed to catch on universally, and found happier homes within enterprise intranets. Most applications of RDF technologies have little or nothing to do with a worldwide semantic web. The middle ground here is to be careful with established terminology and avoid overloaded terms taken out of context.