Article:		Should Atom Use RDF?
Subject:		Semantic Web
Date:		2003-08-22 13:26:46
From:		Avdi Grimm
I find it amusing to read these protestations of "I don't care about the semantic web!" from people working on things like Atom. The fact is, if you are working on Atom you *do* care, because Atom is as much the semantic web as anything else. Atom is about exposing semantic information on the web for consumption by software tools. That is, by definition, the Semantic Web; claiming otherwise is just wishful thinking. Ironically, with his work on making the web more accessable to those with disabilities, along with his recent work on Atom, Mark is currently one of the leading advocates of the real Semantic Web. It's a shame he refuses to acknowledge that fact.

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