Feature request: relabel of the "data" tag in the pull-down menu

[iherman]

At the moment, the Semantic Web specifications (RDF & Co) are lumped under the tag "Data". This is fine when doing search, but many people coming to the site will not realize this, and they would look for "Semantic Web" in the pull-down menu. I would suggest simply re-labeling the item by "Data, Semantic Web" for a better clarity.

[deniak]

ping @plehegar @koalie

[tripu]

I'm neutral about this proposal. (It requires a small change to the HTML, and then updating the back-end.)

[koalie]

I support Ivan's proposal.

[plehegar]

Problem with "Semantic Web" is that it limits the type of data format we list under.

[iherman]

And data is way too general... Semantic Web people may not necessarily think of looking for SW related terms under this heading.

[tripu]

So, what's the resolution? 😊

[iherman]

As a real consensus looking W3C-er:-): another possibility is to introduce yet another tag for Semantic Web. I am happy helping out @tripu to set the tags on the right documents. Many (most) will carry both tags, but there may some that do not.

After all, tags should be cheap...

[tripu]

Yet another tag? I wonder if it's justified — especially if, as @iherman says, most specs having one of the labels will have the other one too. Past a certain number of tags, we risk confounding users, and I think that ideally all tags should fit in that drop-down menu with no vertical scroll bars.

That being said, I'm neutral about this proposal too.

[iherman]

especially if, as @iherman says, most specs having one of the labels will have the other one too.

that is currently true, but that is historical. The bifurcation of "data" and "semantic web" is only a few years old and, taking into account the time it takes to create new standards, that is not that long. The difference may become more notable in 3-4 years, though.

[tripu]

(This seems stalled.)