RDF/XML serialization of RDF graphs can be painful. I completely agree that other serializations like Turtle should be used in recommendations (e.g. R2RML).
But the RDF model is a wonderful thing. The use of URIs as identifiers for objects and properties makes possible for the first time to reuse knowledge and share data, linking APIs in the same way we are alreay linking web pages.
RDF semantics are maybe harder, but most people can start using RDF without caring about things like entailment.
I really think RDF has a future, specially since the steady growth of the LOD initiative. The revision of the standard is also a good opportunity to polish some aspects of RDF, for example, the use of named graphs.
While it is eye-opening I could hardly recommend the Tractatus unless you get it with a commentary. How about The Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Wittgenstein and the Tractatus by Michael Morris?
Good call with Karl Popper. On Liberty is archaic somewhat. To recommend just that book by John McCarthy is too narrow, and besides logic and the theory of computation are not a part of philosophy per se. Logic is a tool of philosophers. The theory of computation could possibly be folded into philosophy of mind but I've never seen it done so, there is a strong argument that it should be.
But the RDF model is a wonderful thing. The use of URIs as identifiers for objects and properties makes possible for the first time to reuse knowledge and share data, linking APIs in the same way we are alreay linking web pages.
RDF semantics are maybe harder, but most people can start using RDF without caring about things like entailment.
I really think RDF has a future, specially since the steady growth of the LOD initiative. The revision of the standard is also a good opportunity to polish some aspects of RDF, for example, the use of named graphs.