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Although many are still inclined to shy away from the Semantic Web project, there’s a marked increase in serious debate and coverage. A few recent happenings have excited my interest.

The unthinkable rapprochement between topic maps and RDF has occurred, signified by the formation of the W3C RDF/Topic Maps Interoperability Task Force. The task force is part of the Semantic Web Best Practices and Deployment Working Group. The last time I was with the majority of the people listed as members of the task force, it was in a very pleasant drinking establishment in Amsterdam. It’s nice to think that the bonhomie of that evening has persisted into forming the basis of the task force.

Gandhi’s dictum that “first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win” never seemed so appropriate for the builders of the Semantic Web. Past the ignoring and laughing stage, we’re seeing serious engagement on the issues of the Semantic Web.

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