Towards the Semantic Web：Ontology-driven Knowledge Management

图书标准信息

• 作者 John、Dieter、Frank van Harmelen 编
• 出版社 Wiley
• 出版时间 2003-01
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780470848678
• 定价 925.50元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 328页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

WiththecurrentchangesdrivenbytheexpansionoftheWorldWideWeb,thisbookusesadifferentapproachfromotherbooksonthemarket:itappliesontologiestoelectronicallyavailableinformationtoimprovethequalityofknowledgemanagementinlargeanddistributedorganizations.Ontologiesareformaltheoriessupportingknowledgesharingandreuse.Theycanbeusedtoexplicitlyrepresentsemanticsofsemi-structuredinformation.Theseenablesophisticatedautomaticsupportforacquiring,maintainingandaccessinginformation.Methodologyandtoolsaredevelopedforintelligentaccesstolargevolumesofsemi-structuredandtextualinformationsourcesinintra-andextra-,andinternet-basedenvironmentstoemploythefullpowerofontologiesinsupportingknowledgemanagementfromtheinformationclientperspectiveandtheinformationprovider.
Theaimofthebookistosupportefficientandeffectiveknowledgemanagementandfocusesonweakly-structuredonlineinformationsources.Itisaimedprimarilyatresearchersintheareaofknowledgemanagementandinformationretrievalandwillalsobeausefulreferenceforstudentsincomputerscienceatthepostgraduatelevelandforbusinessmanagerswhoareaimingtoincreasethecorporations'informationinfrastructure.

TheSemanticWebisaveryimportantinitiativeaffectingthefutureoftheWWWthatiscurrentlygeneratinghugeinterest.Thebookcoversseveralhighlysignificantcontributionstothesemanticwebresearcheffort,includinganewlanguagefordefiningontologies,severalnovelsoftwaretoolsandacoherentmethodologyfortheapplicationofthetoolsforbusinessadvantage.Italsoprovides3casestudieswhichgiveexamplesoftherealbenefitstobederivedfromtheadoptionofsemantic-webbasedontologiesin"realworld"situations.Assuch,thebookisanexcellentmixtureoftheory,toolsandapplicationsinanimportantareaofWWWresearch.
*Providesguidelinesforintroducingknowledgemanagementconceptsandtoolsintoenterprises,tohelpknowledgeproviderspresenttheirknowledgeefficientlyandeffectively.
*Introducesanintelligentsearchtoolthatsupportsusersinaccessinginformationandatoolenvironmentformaintenance,conversionandacquisitionofinformationsources.
*Discussesthreelargecasestudieswhichwillhelptodevelopthetechnologyaccordingtotheactualneedsoflargeandorvirtualorganisationsandwillprovideatestbedforevaluatingtoolsandmethods.
ThebookisaimedatpeoplewithatleastagoodunderstandingofexistingWWWtechnologyandsomeleveloftechnicalunderstandingoftheunderpinningtechnologies(XML/RDF).Itwillbeofinteresttograduatestudents,academicandindustrialresearchersinthefield,andthemanyindustrialpersonnelwhoaretrackingWWWtechnologydevelopmentsinordertounderstandthebusinessimplications.Itcouldalsobeusedtosupportundergraduatecoursesintheareabutisnotitselfanintroductorytext.