Personally, I believe that the Semantic Web will become mainstream in the next few years (I actually have a bet on this with some college friends). I know that this is a strong statement, but I am confident that it will happen.
Mainstream is defined in Wikipedia as “
the common current of thought of the majority”. Furthermore it states that something is mainstream if it “
is available to the general public” and it “
has ties to corporate or commercial entities”
. However, how do you evaluate if something is on the verge of becoming mainstream? I propose the following metric: inclusion at the South by South West (SXSW) Conference!