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> The idea of linked data and semantic web has been around for almost two decades now and I have yet to see an application, technique or site that amazes me.

Ted Nelson invented the idea of hypertext in the early '60s. It wasn't until the creation of HyperCard in 1987 and the WWW in 1990 that there were practical applications of hypertext that you could put your hands on and use.

Ideas can take a long time to mature.




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