Social Semantics: The Search for Meaning on the Web

by Harry Halpin

Overview

Social Semantics: The Search for Meaning on the Web provides a unique introduction to identity and reference theories of the World Wide Web, through the academic lens of philosophy of language and data-driven statistical models. The Semantic Web is a natural evolution of the Web, and this book covers the URL-based Web architecture and Semantic Web in detail. It has a robust empirical side which has an impact on industry.

Social Semantics: The Search for Meaning on the Web discusses how the largest problem facing the Semantic Web is the problem of identity and reference, and how these are the results of a larger general theory of meaning. This book hypothesizes that statistical semantics can solve these problems, illustrated by case studies ranging from a pioneering study of tagging systems to using the Semantic Web to boost the results of commercial search engines.  

Social Semantics: The Search for Meaning on the Web targets practitioners working in the related fields of the semantic web, search engines, information retrieval, philosophers of language and more. Advanced-level students and researchers focusing on computer science will also find this book valuable as a secondary text or reference book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461418849
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	08/01/2012
Series:	Semantic Web and Beyond , #13
Edition description:	2013
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.22(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction.- Architecture of the World Wide Web.- The Semantic Web.- Theories of Semantics on the Web.- The Semantics of Tagging.- The Semantics of Search.- Social Semantics.

Editorial Reviews

From the book reviews:

“Web practitioners working with search engines … or simply curious fellows who are interested not only in a practical description of things, but also like to think out of the box, will find the book valuable. … definitely recommend this book to all of my doctoral students, as it stimulates deep thinking on the web qua web as a subject matter. It should be of particular interest also to students and researchers in the new field of web science.” (M. Bielikova, Computing Reviews, October, 2014)

From the Publisher