So what is the Semantic Web? (cont.)

• Maybe, but being an elephant is not necessary bad!

• • it shows that the Semantic Web is a mature technology
  • that there is lots of interest, applications
  • various application areas pick what they need…
  • • e.g., some need sophisticated knowledge management, so they go for complex ontologies…
    • some concentrate on semantically simpler vocabularies but large volume of data
  • …and that is fine, there is room for many!