By
Dean Allemang, TopQuadrant, Inc.
Dean Allemang, TopQuadrant, Inc.
James Hendler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
James Hendler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Description
The promise of the Semantic Web to provide a universal medium to exchange data information and knowledge has been well publicized. There
are many sources too for basic information on the extensions to the WWW that permit content to be expressed in natural language yet used
by software agents to easily find, share and integrate information. Until now individuals engaged in creating ontologies-- formal descriptions
of the concepts, terms, and relationships within a given knowledge domain-- have had no sources beyond the technical standards documents.
Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist transforms this information into the practical knowledge that programmers and subject
domain experts need. Authors Allemang and Hendler begin with solutions to the basic problems, but don’t stop there: they demonstrate
how to develop your own solutions to problems of increasing complexity and ensure that your skills will keep pace with the continued
evolution of the Semantic Web.
