Web 2.0 & Semantic Web
Web 2.0 describes the trend in Web technology and design that aims to enhance creativity, information sharing, and, especially, collaboration among users. Semantic Web refers to the intelligent interaction among systems and applications on the Web by depl
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Vladan Devedˇzi´c
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Editors Vladan Devedˇzi´c University of Belgrade School of Business Administration Dept. Information Systems & Technologies Jove Ilica 154 11000 Belgrade Serbia [email protected]
Dragan Gaˇsevi´c Athabasca University School of Computing & Information Systems 1 University Drive Athabasca AB T9S 3A3 Canada [email protected]
ISSN 1934-3221 e-ISSN 1934-3213 ISBN 978-1-4419-1218-3 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-1219-0 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-1219-0 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2009933257 c Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
According to the W3C Semantic Web Activity [1]: The Semantic Web provides a common framework that allows data to be shared and reused across application, enterprise, and community boundaries. This statement clearly explains that the Semantic Web is about data sharing. Currently, the Web uses hyperlinks to connect Web pages. The Semantic Web goes beyond that and focuses on data and envisions the creation of the web of data. On the Semantic Web, anyone can say anything about any resource on the Web. This is fully based on the concept of semantic annotations, where each resource on the Web can have an assigned meaning. This is done through the use of ontologies as a formal and explicit representation of domain concepts and their relationships [2]. Ontologies are formally based on description logics. This enables agents and applications to reason over the data when searching the Web, which has not previously been possible. Web 2.0 has gradually evolved from letting the Web users play a more active role. Unlike the initial version of the Web, where the users mainly “consumed” content, users are now offered easy-to-use services for content production and publication. Mashups, blogs, wikis, feeds, interface remixes, and social networking/tagging systems are examples of these well-known services. The success and wide adoption of Web 2.0 was in its reliance on social interactio
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