单选题
The developmentoftheSemanticWebproceedsinsteps,eachstepbuildingalayerontopofanother.Thepragmaticjustificationforthisapproachisthatitiseasiertoachieve( )onsmallsteps,whereasitismuchhardertogeteveryoneonboardiftoomuchisattempted.Usuallythereareseveralresearchgroupsmovingindifferentdirections;this( )ofideasisamajordrivingforceforscientificprogress.However,fromanengineeringperspectivethereisaneedtostandardize.So,ifmostresearchersagreeoncertainissuesanddisagreeonothers,itmakessensetofixthepointofagreement.Thisway,evenifthemoreambitiousresearcheffortsshouldfai1,therewil1beatleast( )positiveoutcomes.Oncea( )hasbeenestablished,manymoregroupsandcompanieswilladoptit,insteadofwaitingtoseewhichofthealternativeresearchlineswillbesuccessfulintheend.ThenatureoftheSemanticWebissuchthatcompaniesandsingleusersmustbuildtools,addcontent,andusethatcontent.WecannotwaituntilthefullSemanticWebvisionmaterializes-itmaytakeanothertenyearsforittoberealizedtoitsfull( )(asenvisionedtoday,ofcourse).