Overview
- Presents case studies and experiments including the pioneering study of tagging systems
- Covers performance of commercial search engines
- Illustrates that the substance matter of this book has a robustly empirical side with an impact on industry
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Semantic Web and Beyond (ADSW, volume 13)
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About this book
Social Semantics: The Search for Meaning on the Web provides a unique introduction to identity and reference theories of the World Wide Web, through the academic lens of philosophy of language and data-driven statistical models. The Semantic Web is a natural evolution of the Web, and this book covers the URL-based Web architecture and Semantic Web in detail. It has a robust empirical side which has an impact on industry.
Social Semantics: The Search for Meaning on the Web discusses how the largest problem facing the Semantic Web is the problem of identity and reference, and how these are the results of a larger general theory of meaning. This book hypothesizes that statistical semantics can solve these problems, illustrated by case studies ranging from a pioneering study of tagging systems to using the Semantic Web to boost the results of commercial search engines.
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“Web practitioners working with search engines … or simply curious fellows who are interested not only in a practical description of things, but also like to think out of the box, will find the book valuable. … definitely recommend this book to all of my doctoral students, as it stimulates deep thinking on the web qua web as a subject matter. It should be of particular interest also to students and researchers in the new field of web science.” (M. Bielikova, Computing Reviews, October, 2014)Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Social Semantics
Book Subtitle: The Search for Meaning on the Web
Authors: Harry Halpin
Series Title: Semantic Web and Beyond
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1885-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-1884-9Published: 01 August 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-8946-8Published: 19 September 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-1885-6Published: 01 August 2012
Series ISSN: 1559-7474
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 220
Topics: Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Information Storage and Retrieval, Artificial Intelligence, History of Computing, Logics and Meanings of Programs, Natural Language Processing (NLP)