In the final installment of this two-part series, Dean Allemang and Scott Henninger look into how the insights about semantic web education have an impact on the adoption of semantic web technologies.

Chemistry is an important and high-value vertical in the modern world and the “semantification” of chemistry will be crucial for further rapid innovation not only in the discipline itself, but also in related areas such as drug discovery, medicine and materials design. This article provides a short overview over the current technological state of the art in semantic chemistry and also discusses some obstancles, which have, so far, impeded the widespread uptake of chemistry in the domain.