It really feels like all these concerns about semantic everything belong to a previous era of the web. I remember arguing with people 20 years ago who believed RDF and the semantic web was going to take over, but the use cases never materialized.
It really feels like all these concerns about semantic everything belong to a previous era of the web. I remember arguing with people 20 years ago who believed RDF and the semantic web was going to take over, but the use cases never materialized.
Semantic web is a bit different from semantic HTML.
As I understand it, the main point of semantic web is making the web machine readable, often using languages specifically designed for that task that are not HTML.
Semantic HTML is more concerned with writing standardized HTML that leverages browser capabilities and respects users who use assistive technology to browse the web.
Frankly, I don't see what this framework has to do with either. I was curious about how they implemented the dropdown menus, and they're specially styled <details> elements, which are normally used for accordions. That seems a bit strange to me, because the obvious choice for a dropdown is the <select> element.
The use cases are perfectly material, but unfortunately the ad business depends on shitty, ever-changing HTML and scripting shenanigans.
What did you/do you use the semantic web for?
Not much, since we’ve never really had it, but yes, I would love to consume hypertext like a stable API, have user-styles and block elements I don’t like. I do these things now, too, but in a better world they could be less of a hassle technically and less niche socially, then I’d do them even more.
Here’s a uBlock Origin style I use for hackernews, for example: