ThedevelopmentoftheSemanticWebproceedsinsteps,eachstepbuildingalayerontopofanother.Thepragmaticjustificationforthisapproachisthatitiseasiertoachieve(71)onsmallsteps,whereasitismuchhardertogeteveryoneonboardiftoomuchisattempted.Usuallythereareseveralresearchgroupsmovingindifferentdirections;this(72)ofideasisamajordrivingforceforscientificprogress.However，fromanengineeringperspectivethereisaneedtostandardize.So,ifmostresearchersagreeoncertainissuesanddisagreeonothers,itmakessensetofixthepointofagreement.Thisway,evenifthemoreambitiousresearcheffortsshouldfai1，therewil1beatleast(73)positiveoutcomes.Oncea(74)hasbeenestablished，manymoregroupsandcompanieswilladoptit，insteadofwaitingtoseewhichofthealternativeresearchlineswillbesuccessfulintheend.ThenatureoftheSemanticWebissuchthatcompaniesandsingleusersmustbuildtools，addcontent，andusethatcontent.WecannotwaituntilthefullSemanticWebvisionmaterializes-itmaytakeanothertenyearsforittoberealizedtoitsfull(75)(asenvisionedtoday,ofcourse).
A.Area
B.Goal
C.Object
D.Extent
正确答案是D