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9780262012102

A Semantic Web Primer

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  • ISBN13:

    9780262012102

  • ISBN10:

    0262012103

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-04-01
  • Publisher: Mit Pr
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Summary

The development of the Semantic Web, with machine-readable content, has the potential to revolutionize the World Wide Web and its use. A Semantic Web Primerprovides an introduction and guide to this emerging field, describing its key ideas, languages, and technologies. Suitable for use as a textbook or for self-study by professionals, it concentrates on undergraduate-level fundamental concepts and techniques that will enable readers to proceed with building applications on their own. It includes exercises, project descriptions, and annotated references to relevant online materials. A Semantic Web Primer is the only available book on the Semantic Web to include a systematic treatment of the different languages (XML, RDF, OWL, and rules) and technologies (explicit metadata, ontologies, and logic and inference) that are central to Semantic Web development. The book also examines such crucial related topics as ontology engineering and application scenarios. After an introductory chapter, topics covered in succeeding chapters include XML and related technologies that support semantic interoperability; RDF and RDF Schema, the standard data model for machine-processable semantics; and OWL, the W3C-approved standard for a Web ontology language more extensive than RDF Schema; rules, both monotonic and nonmonotonic, in the framework of the Semantic Web; selected application domains and how the Semantic Web would benefit them; the development of ontology-based systems; and current debates on key issues and predictions for the future.

Table of Contents

List of Figures xiii
Series Foreword xv
Preface xix
1 The Semantic Web Vision 1(22)
1.1 Today's Web
1(2)
1.2 From Today's Web to the Semantic Web: Examples
3(4)
1.3 Semantic Web Technologies
7(9)
1.4 A Layered Approach
16(3)
1.5 Book Overview
19(1)
1.6 Summary
19(1)
Suggested Reading
20(3)
2 Structured Web Documents in XML 23(38)
2.1 Introduction
23(4)
2.2 The XML Language
27(4)
2.3 Structuring
31(12)
2.4 Namespaces
43(2)
2.5 Addressing and Querying XML Documents
45(4)
2.6 Processing
49(6)
2.7 Summary
55(2)
Suggested Reading
57(1)
Exercises and Projects
58(3)
3 Describing Web Resources in RDF 61(48)
3.1 Introduction
61(2)
3.2 RDF: Basic Ideas
63(6)
3.3 RDF: XML-Based Syntax
69(11)
3.4 RDF Schema: Basic Ideas
80(4)
3.5 RDF Schema: The Language
84(7)
3.6 RDF and RDF Schema in RDF Schema
91(3)
3.7 An Axiomatic Semantics for RDF and RDF Schema
94(5)
3.8 A Direct Inference System for RDF and RDFS
99(1)
3.9 Querying in RQL
100(4)
3.10 Summary
104(1)
Suggested Reading
105(1)
Exercises and Projects
106(3)
4 Web Ontology Language: OWL 109(42)
4.1 Introduction
109(6)
4.2 The OWL Language
115(14)
4.3 Examples
129(9)
4.4 OWL in OWL
138(6)
4.5 Future Extensions
144(2)
4.6 Summary
146(1)
Suggested Reading
146(2)
Exercises and Projects
148(3)
5 Logic and Inference: Rules 151(28)
5.1 Introduction
151(3)
5.2 Example of Monotonic Rules: Family Relationships
154(1)
5.3 Monotonic Rules: Syntax
155(3)
5.4 Monotonic Rules: Semantics
158(3)
5.5 Nonmonotonic Rules: Motivation and Syntax
161(2)
5.6 Example of Nonmonotonic Rules: Brokered Trade
163(4)
5.7 Rule Markup in XML: Monotonic Rules
167(6)
5.8 Rule Markup in XML: Nonmonotonic Rules
173(3)
5.9 Summary
176(1)
Suggested Reading
176(1)
Exercises and Projects
177(2)
6 Applications 179(26)
6.1 Introduction
179(1)
6.2 Horizontal Information Products at Elsevier
179(3)
6.3 Data Integration at Audi
182(3)
6.4 Skill Finding at Swiss Life
185(2)
6.5 Think Tank Portal at EnerSearch
187(4)
6.6 e-Learning
191(3)
6.7 Web Services
194(5)
6.8 Other Scenarios
199(2)
Suggested Reading
201(4)
7 Ontology Engineering 205(18)
7.1 Introduction
205(1)
7.2 Constructing Ontologies Manually
205(4)
7.3 Reusing Existing Ontologies
209(2)
7.4 Using Semiautomatic Methods
211(4)
7.5 On-To-Knowledge Semantic Web Architecture
215(3)
Suggested Reading
218(1)
Project
218(5)
8 Conclusion and Outlook 223(4)
8.1 How It All Fits Together
223(1)
8.2 Some Technical Questions
224(1)
8.3 Predicting the Future
224(3)
A Abstract OWL Syntax 227(8)
Index 235

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