Table of Contents

Title Page

  1. Towards a Semantic Web
  2. Example: Searching
  3. Example: Automatic Assistant
  4. Example: Data(base) Integration
  5. What Is Needed?
  6. Problem Example
  7. Statements
  8. Resource Description Framework
  9. Simple RDF statements
  10. URI-s Play a Fundamental Role
  11. RDF is not Enough…
  12. Possible Issues to Handle
  13. Ontologies
  14. W3C’s Ontology Language (OWL)
  15. OWL is also RDF
  16. An Example in OWL
  17. Deduction Possibilities
  18. Further Ontology Possibilities
  19. However: Ontologies are Hard!
  20. SW Applications
  21. Dublin Core
  22. IBM – Life Sciences and Semantic Web
  23. Adobe's XMP
  24. SW Application Examples (cont)
  25. Further Information
  26. Public Fora at W3C
  27. Further Information