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One of the critical problems in "intel" work is knowing what it is that you know. The flood of information is simply too great for any one individual to peruse it all.
It is presently hoped that an ontology language, be it RDF, DAML+OIL, or something else, can be used to describe the available information in a format that makes it easy for software to (a) find related information, and (b) allow an analyst to use software to easily find otherwise unrealized (by humans anyway) connections.
There is presently at least one project that is making extensive use of DAML+OIL. This is not "a few web pages" but a significant investment in the technology.
Yes, there is a strong military presence in the project, but presently, the military and intelligence community have the strongest urge to find some solution to the information flood.
No doubt, once the techniques are sufficiently advanced, a use in the business community will be identified.
As it is, the business community has a severe aversion to spending serious money on anything that they cannot see a ROI for within the next quarter or two. (The wonders of [a] quarterly stock reporting requirements, and [b] "I want my profit NOW" thinking by investors.)
On the other hand, mil/intel have a serious aversion to failing to note the critical information they need to perform their jobs, and ROI (in terms of cash money) is not nearly as important as succeeding in their jobs.
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