Firefox 3 to usher in a new paradigm for the web?
How does this vision relate to the semantic web?
Update:
Adam Green (Grazr developer project member) has thoughts on this subject.
I share his feelings:
I tried reading about RDF and the Semantic Web, and I had to stop because I was afraid I was coming down with narcolepsy. I don’t think I’m smart enough to grok the Semantic Web yet, and anyone who reads this blog knows I think I’m pretty smart. I need to work my way up to that level of complexity, and the way I do that is by blogging, and writing code, and helping to design tools with a simpler, more accessible format like OPML. I’m conceited enough to believe that I’m at least as smart as the average computer user, so if I need to work myself up to the Semantic Web one step at a time, they probably do also.
I reckon the number one reason most Semantic Web developers aren’t interested in OPML and RSS is because they don’t really offer them anything they need, or at least could achieve by building on firmer foundations like XHTML and Atom. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but there’s already a general-purpose serialization format - RDF/XML.