The Semantic Web Semantics for Data and Services on the Web
The Semantic Web is a vision – the idea of having data on the Web defined and linked in such a way that it can be used by machines not just for display purposes but for automation, integration and reuse of data across various applications. Technically, ho
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Vipul Kashyap · Christoph Bussler · Matthew Moran
The Semantic Web Semantics for Data and Services on the Web
With 61 Figures and 18 Tables
Vipul Kashyap Partners HealthCare System Clinical Informatics R&D 93 Worcester St, Suite 201 Wellesley, MA 02481 USA [email protected]
Christoph Bussler Merced Systems, Inc. 333 Twin Dolphin Drive Suite 500 Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA [email protected]
Matthew Moran Nortel Mervue Industry Park Galway Ireland [email protected]
ISBN 978-3-540-76451-9
e-ISBN 978-3-540-76452-6
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Preface
A decade ago Tim Berners-Lee proposed an extraordinary vision: despite the phenomenal success of the Web, it would not, and could not, reach its full potential unless it became a place where automated processes could participate as well as people. This meant the publication of documents and data to the web in such a way that they could be interpreted, integrated, aggregated and queried to reveal new connections and answer questions, rather than just browsed and searched. Many scoffed at this idea, interpreting the early emphasis on language design and reasoning as AI in new clothes. This missed the point. The Grand Challenge of the Semantic Web is one that needs not only the information structure of ontologies, metadata, and data, but also the computational infrastructure of Web Services, P2P and Grid distributed computing and workflows. Consequently, it is a truly wholesystem and multi-disciplinary effort. This is also an initiative that has to be put into practice. That means a pragmatic approach to standards, tools, mechanisms and methodologies, and real, challenging examples. It would seem self-evident that the Semantic Web should be able to make a major contribution to clinical
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