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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Information sharing and ontologies
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Creating ontologies and metadata
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Retrieval, integration and querying
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Distributed ontologies
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Conclusions
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Back Matter
About this book
The large-scale and almost ubiquitous availability of information has become as much of a curse as it is a blessing. The more information is available, the harder it is to locate any particular piece of it. And even when it has been successfully found, it is even harder still to usefully combine it with other information we may already possess.
It is commonly understood that this problem of information sharing can only be solved by giving computers better access to the semantics of the information. While it has been recognized that ontologies play a crucial role in solving the open problems, most approaches rely on the existence of well-established data structures. To overcome these shortcomings, Stuckenschmidt and van Harmelen describe ontology-based approaches for resolving semantic heterogeneity in weakly structured environments, in particular the World Wide Web. Addressing problems like missing conceptual models, unclear system boundaries, and heterogeneous representations, they design a framework for ontology-based information sharing in weakly structured environments like the Semantic Web.
For researchers and students in areas related to the Semantic Web, the authors provide not only a comprehensive overview of the State of the art, but also present in detail recent research in areas like ontology design for information integration, metadata generation and management, and representation and management of distributed ontologies. For professionals in areas such as e-commerce and knowledge management, the book provides decision support on the use of novel technologies, information about potential problems, and guidelines for the successful application of existing technologies.
Authors and Affiliations
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam de Boelelaan 1081a, Amsterdam
Heiner Stuckenschmidt, Frank Harmelen
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Information Sharing on the Semantic Web
Authors: Heiner Stuckenschmidt, Frank Harmelen
Series Title: Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b138282
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-20594-4Published: 20 October 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-05823-3Published: 22 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-26907-6Published: 21 November 2005
Series ISSN: 1610-3947
Series E-ISSN: 2197-8441
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 276
Topics: Information Storage and Retrieval, Popular Computer Science, Computer Science, general, Database Management, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Artificial Intelligence