{"product_id":"semantic-web-technologies-trends-and-research-in-ontology-based-systems-hardback-9780470025963","title":"Semantic Web Technologies; Trends and Research in Ontology-based Systems (Hardback) 9780470025963","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSemantic Web Technologies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTrends and Research in Ontology-based Systems\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Davies (Edited by), J Davies (Author), Rudi Studer (Edited by), Paul Warren (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470025963, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 April 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.2 x 17.6 x 2.3 cm, 0.765 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The authors have created an easy-to-read, exampled-based book on the semantic Web that will be useful to students, practitioners, researchers, and novices alike.  I highly recommend it to all professionals with an interest in this field.\" (\u003ci\u003eComputing Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, March 13, 2008)  \u003cp\u003e\"…readers interested in developing ontologies for reasoning will get a strong foundation and direction to begin their journeys on the Semantic Web.\" (\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e, March 2007)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"…an interesting, well-written computer science textbook that is well worth reading by anyone interested in the semantic Web.\" (\u003ci\u003eComputing Reviews.com\u003c\/i\u003e, March 2, 2007)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"…a good exposition on the state of the art in semantic Web research.\" (\u003ci\u003eComputing Reviews.com\u003c\/i\u003e, January 17, 2007)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"…a useful addition to a Semantic Web library.\" (\u003ci\u003ewww.freepint.com\u003c\/i\u003e, 5th October 2006)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Semantic Web combines the descriptive languages RDF (Resource Description Framework) and OWL (Web Ontology Language), with the data-centric, customizable XML (eXtensible Mark-up Language) to provide descriptions of the content of Web documents. These machine-interpretable descriptions allow more intelligent software systems to be written, automating the analysis and exploitation of web-based information.  \u003cp\u003eSoftware agents will be able to create \u003ci\u003eautomatically\u003c\/i\u003e new services from already published services, with potentially huge implications for models of e-Business.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSemantic Web Technologies\u003c\/i\u003e provides a comprehensive overview of key semantic knowledge technologies and research.   The authors explain (semi-)automatic ontology generation and metadata extraction in depth, along with ontology management and mediation. Further chapters examine how Semantic Web technology is being applied in knowledge management (“Semantic Information Access”) and in the next generation of Web services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSemantic Web Technologies:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a comprehensive exposition of the state-of-the art in Semantic Web research and key technologies.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains the use of ontologies and metadata to achieve machine-interpretability.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDescribes methods for ontology learning and metadata generation.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses ontology management and evolution, covering ontology change detection and propagation, ontology dependency and mediation.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIllustrates the theoretical concepts with three case studies on industrial applications in digital libraries, the legal sector and the telecommunication industry.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eGraduate and advanced undergraduate students, academic and industrial researchers in the field will all find \u003ci\u003eSemantic Web Technologies\u003c\/i\u003e an essential guide to the technologies of the Semantic Web.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Introduction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1. Semantic Web Technologies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2. The Goal of the Semantic Web.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3. Ontologies and Ontology Languages.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4. Creating and Managing Ontologies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5. Using Ontologies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6. Applications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7. Developing the Semantic Web.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Knowledge Discovery for Ontology Construction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2. Knowledge Discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3. Ontology Definition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4. Methodology for Semi-automatic Ontology Construction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5. Ontology Learning Scenarios.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6. Using Knowledge Discovery for Ontology Learning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7. Related Work on Ontology Construction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.8. Discussion and Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Semantic Annotation and Human Language Technology.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2. Information Extraction: A Brief Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3. Semantic Annotation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4. Applying ‘Traditional’ IE in Semantic Web Applications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5. Ontology-based IE.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6. Deterministic Ontology Authoring using Controlled Language IE.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7. Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Ontology Evolution.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2. Ontology Evolution: State-of-the-art.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3. Logical Architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4. Data-driven Ontology Changes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5. Usage-driven Ontology Changes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6. Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Reasoning With Inconsistent Ontologies: Framework, Prototype, and Experiment.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2. Brief Survey of Approaches to Reasoning with Inconsistency.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3. Brief Survey of Causes for Inconsistency in the Semantic WEB.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4. Reasoning with Inconsistent Ontologies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5. Selection Functions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6. Strategies for Selection Functions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7. Syntactic Relevance-Based Selection Functions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.8. Prototype of Pion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.9. Discussion and Conclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Ontology Mediation, Merging, and Aligning.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2. Approaches in Ontology Mediation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3. Mapping and Querying Disparate Knowledge Bases.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4. Summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Ontologies for Knowledge Management.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2. Ontology usage Scenario.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3. Terminology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4. Ontologies as RDBMS Schema.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5. Topic-ontologies versus Schema-ontologies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6. Proton Ontology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.7. Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Semantic Information Access.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2. Knowledge Access and the Semantic WEB.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3. Natural Language Generation from Ontologies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4. Device Independence: Information Anywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5. SEKTAgent.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6. Concluding Remarks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. Ontology Engineering Methodologies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2. The Methodology Focus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3. Past and Current Research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4. Diligent Methodology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5. First Lessons Learned.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6. Conclusion and Next Steps.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. Semantic Web Services—Approaches and Perspectives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1. Semantic Web Services—A Short Overview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2. The WSMO Approach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3. The OWL-S Approach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4. The SWSF Approach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5. The IRS-III Approach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.6. The WSDL-S Approach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.7. Semantic Web Services Grounding: The Link Between The SWS and Existing Web Services Standards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.8. Conclusions and Outlook.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11. Applying Semantic Technology to a Digital Library.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2. Digital Libraries: The State-of-the-art.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3. A Case Study: the BT Digital Library.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4. The Users’ View.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5. Implementing Semantic Technology in a Digital Library.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6. Future Directions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12. Semantic Web: A Legal Case Study.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2. Profile of The Users.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3. Ontologies for Legal Knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4. Architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5. Conclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13. A Semantic Service Oriented Architecture for the Telecommunications Industry.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2. Introduction to Service Oriented Architectures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3. A Semantic Service Orientated Architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4. Semantic Mediation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5. Standards and Ontologies in Telecommunications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.6. Case Study.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.7. Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14. Conclusion and Outlook.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1. Management of Networked Ontologies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2. Engineering of Networked Ontologies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3. Contextualizing Ontologies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4. Cross Media Resources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.5. Social Semantic Desktop.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.6. 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