"Current practice in the Semantic Web community is leading to the creation of a shadow web that is becoming disconnected from the web of documents. This fracturing is being caused by the W3C’s decision to restrict the types of resources that can be addressed directly with HTTP ..."
"Is the Semantic Web Destined to be a Shadow?" is the best semantic web related post I've read in a long, long time. Trust, httpRange-14, syntax, readability, standing with the current web, are all touched upon. Go read it.