{"product_id":"9780470025963","title":"Semantic Web Technologies Trends and Research in Ontology-based Systems","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSemantic Web Technologies\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTrends and Research in Ontology-based Systems\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJohn Davies | Rudi Studer | Paul Warren\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eTechnology \u0026amp; Engineering \/ Telecommunications\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eDr John Davies\u003c\/b\u003e leads the Next Generation Web research group at BT. Current interests focus on the application of semantic web technology to knowledge management and semantic web services. John is industrial chair of the Semantic Web Services Initiative, co-organiser of the European Semantic Web Conference series and Project Director of the SEKT EU integrated project (Semantically-Enabled Knowledge Technologies).  He has written and edited many papers and books in related areas.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRudi Studer\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor at Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods, University of Karlsruhe.  His research spans the fields of business intelligence, e-learning, knowledge discovery and management, ontology-based knowledge management systems and the semantic web.  He has authored numerous journal and conference papers on these topics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Warren\u003c\/b\u003e works in BT's Next Generation Web research group, where he is SEKT project manager and also responsible for the project's exploitation strategy.   Paul has published widely on technology management, technology foresight, and recently the application of the Semantic Web.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 June 2006\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780470025963\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e328\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378721058956,"sku":"9780470025963","price":132.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780470025963_074b34d7-8cfb-4187-9420-f562fe38d6c7.jpg?v=1780166485","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780470025963","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}