A Developer's Guide to the Semantic Web

by Liyang Yu

Overview

Covering the theory, technical components and applications of the Semantic Web, this book’s unrivalled coverage includes the latest on W3C standards such as OWL 2, and discusses new projects such as DBpedia. It also shows how to put theory into practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642159701
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	01/03/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	608
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Liyang Yu is Senior Software Developer with Delta Air Lines in Atlanta, GA, USA. His previously published Semantic Web books are widely used as textbooks and often referenced by developers worldwide. He also actively provides services and assistance to a variety of organizations and companies about development and applications of Semantic Web technologies.

Table of Contents

1 A Web of Data: Towards the Idea of the Semantic Web.- 2 The Building Block for the Semantic Web: RDF.- 3 Other RDF-related Technologies: Microformats, RDFa and GRDDL.- 4 RDFS and Ontology.- 5 OWL: Web Ontology Language.- 6 SPARQL: Querying the Semantic Web.- 7 FOAF: Friend of A Friend.- 8 DBpedia.- 9 Linked Open Data.- 10 Schema.org and Semantic Markup.- 11 Social Network and the Semantic Web.- 12 Other Recent Applications: Data.gov and Wikidata.- 13 Getting Started: Change Your Data into Structured Data.- 14 Building the Foundation for Development on the Semantic Web.- 15 Example: Using Jena For Development on the Semantic Web.- 16 Follow Your Nose: A Basic Semantic Web Agent.- 17 A Search Engine that Supports Rich Snippets.- 18 More Application Examples on the Semantic Web.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

“As the title suggests, this book is about the semantic Web, the standards and technologies that allow computers to understand the meaning of information posted online. … this book covers numerous aspects of the semantic Web in significant detail … . primarily intended for software developers, researchers, and practicing professionals who want to gain expertise in the fundamentals quickly. It may also be useful for students taking courses on the semantic Web. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners.” (M. B. DuBois, Choice, Vol. 48 (11), August, 2011)

“This book is a good starting point, especially since finding all of this information on the Web can be difficult. … for developers who are interested in establishing a toehold, this is a nice introduction that should serve for now.” (Jeffrey Putnam, ACM Computing Reviews, September, 2011)

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