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Semantic Web
Edited by Gang Wu
ISBN 978-953-7619-54-1
Hard cover, 310 pages
Publisher InTech
Published online 01, January, 2010
Published in print edition January, 2010
Having lived with the World Wide Web for twenty years, surfing the Web becomes a way of our life that cannot
be separated. From latest news, photo sharing, social activities, to research collaborations and even
commercial activities and government affairs, almost all kinds of information are available and processible via
the Web. While people are appreciating the great invention, the father of the Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has
started the plan for the next generation of the Web, the Semantic Web. Unlike the Web that was originally
designed for reading, the Semantic Web aims at a more intelligent Web severing machines as well as people.
The idea behind it is simple: machines can automatically process or “understand” the information, if explicit
meanings are given to it. In this way, it facilitates sharing and reuse of data across applications, enterprises,
and communities. According to the organisation of the book, the intended readers may come from two
groups, i.e. those whose interests include Semantic Web and want to catch on the state-of-the-art research
progress in this field; and those who urgently need or just intend to seek help from the Semantic Web. In this
sense, readers are not limited to the computer science. Everyone is welcome to find their possible intersection
of the Semantic Web.
How to reference
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Jonathan Biguenet, Bogdan D. Czejdo and John Biguenet (2010). Metaphor and the Semantic Web, Semantic
Web, Gang Wu (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-7619-54-1, InTech, Available from:
http://www.intechopen.com/books/semantic-web/metaphor-and-the-semantic-web
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