Semantic Web: Concepts, Technologies and Applications

• Main Authors: Breitman, Karin Koogan (Author), Casanova, Marco Antonio (Author), Truszkowski, Walter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2007.
• Series: NASA Monographs in Systems and Software Engineering,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Software engineering.; Computers.; Database management.; Computer Science.; Computer Science, general.; Popular Computer Science.; Database Management.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Software Engineering.; Models and Principles.

This book provides a well-paced introduction to the Semantic Web, which is gaining in understanding and acceptance as new applications are realized in industry, academic, and government environments. It provides a succinct account of this new Web, its concepts, technologies and applications, and in...

Table of Contents:

• The Future of the Internet
• Concepts
• Ontology in Computer Science
• Knowledge Representation in Description Logic
• RDF and RDF Schema
• OWL
• Rule Languages
• Semantic Web Services
• Technologies
• Methods for Ontology Development
• Ontology Sources
• Semantic Web Software Tools
• Applications
• Software Agents
• Semantic Desktop
• Ontology Applications in Art
• Geospatial Semantic Web.