The Semantic Web Semantics for Data and Services on the Web /

• Main Authors: Kashyap, Vipul (Author), Bussler, Christoph (Author), Moran, Matthew (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Data-Centric Systems and Applications
• Subjects: Computer science.; Information storage and retrieval.; Artificial intelligence.; Bioinformatics.; Computer Science.; Computer Science, general.; Popular Computer Science.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Computational Biology/Bioinformatics.; Information Storage and Retrieval.

The Semantic Web is a vision – the idea of having data on the Web defined and linked in such a way that it can be used by machines not just for display purposes but for automation, integration and reuse of data across various applications. Technically, however, there is a widespread misconception th...

Table of Contents:

• Preliminaries
• Use Case and Functional Requirements
• Information Aspects of the Semantic Web
• Semantic Web Content
• Metadata Frameworks
• Ontologies and Schemas
• Ontology Authoring and Management
• Applications of Metadata and Ontologies
• Process Aspects of the Semantic Web
• Communication
• State of the Art in Web Services
• Web Service Composition
• Semantic Web Services
• Standards
• Semantic Web Standards
• Putting it All Together and Perspective
• A Solution Approach to the Clinical Use Case
• Outlook: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly?.