The Social Semantic Web
The Social Web (including services such as MySpace, Flickr, last.fm, and WordPress) has captured the attention of millions of users as well as billions of dollars in investment and acquisition. Social websites, evolving around the connections between peop
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John G. Breslin · Alexandre Passant · Stefan Decker
The Social Semantic Web
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John G. Breslin Electrical and Electronic Engineering School of Engineering and Informatics National University of Ireland, Galway Nuns Island Galway Ireland [email protected]
Alexandre Passant Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) National University of Ireland, Galway IDA Business Park Lower Dangan Galway Ireland [email protected]
Stefan Decker Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) National University of Ireland, Galway IDA Business Park Lower Dangan Galway Ireland [email protected]
ISBN 978-3-642-01171-9 e-ISBN 978-3-642-01172-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-01172-6 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009936149 ACM Computing Classification (1998): H.3.5, H.4.3, I.2, K.4 c Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: KuenkelLopka GmbH Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Contents
1 Introduction to the book ....................................................................................1 1.1 Overview......................................................................................................1 1.2 Aims of the book, and who will benefit from it? .........................................3 1.3 Structure of the book....................................................................................4 1.3.1 Motivation for applying Semantic Web technologies to the Social Web ...............................................................................................................5 1.3.2 Introduction to the Social Web (Web 2.0, social media, social software)........................................................................................................5 1.3.3 Adding semantics to the Web...............................................................6 1.3.4 Discussions...........................................................................................6 1.3.5 Knowledge and information sharing ....................................................6 1.3.6 Multimedia sharing.........................................................
