Explorers Guide to the Semantic Web

Description

Written for developers and programmers, this guide acquaints users with the basic technologies and their interrelations that will be instrumental in the development of the Semantic Web. Key technology areas are covered, such as knowledge modeling (RDF, Topic Maps), agents (DAML, FIPA), and Trust and Authentication. This broad introduction takes a basic conceptual approach so that developers and programmers with a wide range of backgrounds understand the essential nature of the Semantic Web, how it works, and which technologies are being used or proposed for the Semantic Web's development. Important points are illustrated with diagrams and code fragments to help develop a familiarity with the latest Semantic Web initiatives.

CONTENTS:

Chapter 1. What is the semantic web?
Chapter 2. Resource description framework- describing data and meta-data
Case Study - friend of a friend

Chapter 3. Topic maps - navigating among concepts
Chapter 4. Annotation
Chapter 5. Searching
Chapter 6. Logic and the semantic web
Chapter 7. Ontology and the classification of things
Case study - browser bookmarks

Chapter 8. Finding and describing services
Chapter 9. Basics of agents
Chapter 10. Distributed trust and belief on the semantic web
Chapter 11. Putting it all together

References and resources
Index