Ebook: The Semantic Web — ISWC 2002: First International Semantic Web Conference Sardinia, Italy, June 9–12, 2002 Proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC 2002, held in Sardinia, Italy, in June 2002.
The 27 revised full research papers, 6 position papers, and 7 system descriptions presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 133 submissions. All current issues in this exciting new field are addressed, ranging from theoretical aspects to applications in various fields.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC 2002, held in Sardinia, Italy, in June 2002.
The 27 revised full research papers, 6 position papers, and 7 system descriptions presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 133 submissions. All current issues in this exciting new field are addressed, ranging from theoretical aspects to applications in various fields.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Semantic Web Enabled Web Services....Pages 1-2
The Grid, Grid Services and the Semantic Web: Technologies and Opportunities....Pages 3-4
Matching RDF Graphs....Pages 5-15
Layering the Semantic Web: Problems and Directions....Pages 16-29
Notions of Indistinguishability for Semantic Web Languages....Pages 30-38
The Usable Ontology: An Environment for Building and Assessing a Domain Ontology....Pages 39-53
Sesame: A Generic Architecture for Storing and Querying RDF and RDF Schema....Pages 54-68
A Formal Model for Topic Maps....Pages 69-83
Towards High-Precision Service Retrieval....Pages 84-101
Automatic Generation of Java/SQL Based Inference Engines from RDF Schema and RuleML....Pages 102-116
Ontology-Based Integration of XML Web Resources....Pages 117-131
Benchmarking RDF Schemas for the Semantic Web....Pages 132-146
Building the Semantic Web on XML....Pages 147-161
Trusting Information Sources One Citizen at a Time....Pages 162-176
Querying the Semantic Web: A Formal Approach....Pages 177-191
Semantic Configuration Web Services in the CAWICOMS Project....Pages 192-205
Integrating Vocabularies: Discovering and Representing Vocabulary Maps....Pages 206-220
OntoEdit: Collaborative Ontology Development for the Semantic Web....Pages 221-235
Towards a Modification Exchange Language for Distributed RDF Repositories....Pages 236-249
Representing Disjunction and Quantifiers in RDF....Pages 250-263
Towards Semantic Web Mining....Pages 264-278
Bringing Together Semantic Web and Web Services....Pages 279-291
Global vs. Community Metadata Standards: Empowering Users for Knowledge Exchange....Pages 292-306
Taking the RDF Model Theory Out for a Spin....Pages 307-317
Concurrent Execution Semantics of DAML-S with Subtypes....Pages 318-332
Semantic Matching of Web Services Capabilities....Pages 333-347
DAML-S: Web Service Description for the Semantic Web....Pages 348-363
TRIPLE—A Query, Inference, and Transformation Language for the Semantic Web....Pages 364-378
A Data Integration Framework for e-Commerce Product Classification....Pages 379-393
Nonmonotonic Rule Systems on Top of Ontology Layers....Pages 394-398
An RDF NetAPI....Pages 399-403
A Mini-experiment in Semantic Annotation....Pages 404-408
SWAD-Europe: Semantic Web Advanced Development in Europe A Position Paper....Pages 409-413
Preemptive Reification....Pages 414-418
Four Steps Towards the Widespread Adoption of a Semantic Web....Pages 419-422
Three Implementations of SquishQL, a Simple RDF Query Language....Pages 423-435
ClaiMaker: Weaving a Semantic Web of Research Papers....Pages 436-441
Business and Enterprise Ontology Management with SymOntoX....Pages 442-447
Is Participation in the Semantic Web Too Difficult?....Pages 448-453
Consistency Checking of Semantic Web Ontologies....Pages 454-459
WebTheme™: Understanding Web Information through Visual Analytics....Pages 460-468
Browsing Schedules - An Agent-Based Approach to Navigating the Semantic Web....Pages 469-473
Back Matter....Pages 475-476

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC 2002, held in Sardinia, Italy, in June 2002.
The 27 revised full research papers, 6 position papers, and 7 system descriptions presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 133 submissions. All current issues in this exciting new field are addressed, ranging from theoretical aspects to applications in various fields.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Semantic Web Enabled Web Services....Pages 1-2
The Grid, Grid Services and the Semantic Web: Technologies and Opportunities....Pages 3-4
Matching RDF Graphs....Pages 5-15
Layering the Semantic Web: Problems and Directions....Pages 16-29
Notions of Indistinguishability for Semantic Web Languages....Pages 30-38
The Usable Ontology: An Environment for Building and Assessing a Domain Ontology....Pages 39-53
Sesame: A Generic Architecture for Storing and Querying RDF and RDF Schema....Pages 54-68
A Formal Model for Topic Maps....Pages 69-83
Towards High-Precision Service Retrieval....Pages 84-101
Automatic Generation of Java/SQL Based Inference Engines from RDF Schema and RuleML....Pages 102-116
Ontology-Based Integration of XML Web Resources....Pages 117-131
Benchmarking RDF Schemas for the Semantic Web....Pages 132-146
Building the Semantic Web on XML....Pages 147-161
Trusting Information Sources One Citizen at a Time....Pages 162-176
Querying the Semantic Web: A Formal Approach....Pages 177-191
Semantic Configuration Web Services in the CAWICOMS Project....Pages 192-205
Integrating Vocabularies: Discovering and Representing Vocabulary Maps....Pages 206-220
OntoEdit: Collaborative Ontology Development for the Semantic Web....Pages 221-235
Towards a Modification Exchange Language for Distributed RDF Repositories....Pages 236-249
Representing Disjunction and Quantifiers in RDF....Pages 250-263
Towards Semantic Web Mining....Pages 264-278
Bringing Together Semantic Web and Web Services....Pages 279-291
Global vs. Community Metadata Standards: Empowering Users for Knowledge Exchange....Pages 292-306
Taking the RDF Model Theory Out for a Spin....Pages 307-317
Concurrent Execution Semantics of DAML-S with Subtypes....Pages 318-332
Semantic Matching of Web Services Capabilities....Pages 333-347
DAML-S: Web Service Description for the Semantic Web....Pages 348-363
TRIPLE—A Query, Inference, and Transformation Language for the Semantic Web....Pages 364-378
A Data Integration Framework for e-Commerce Product Classification....Pages 379-393
Nonmonotonic Rule Systems on Top of Ontology Layers....Pages 394-398
An RDF NetAPI....Pages 399-403
A Mini-experiment in Semantic Annotation....Pages 404-408
SWAD-Europe: Semantic Web Advanced Development in Europe A Position Paper....Pages 409-413
Preemptive Reification....Pages 414-418
Four Steps Towards the Widespread Adoption of a Semantic Web....Pages 419-422
Three Implementations of SquishQL, a Simple RDF Query Language....Pages 423-435
ClaiMaker: Weaving a Semantic Web of Research Papers....Pages 436-441
Business and Enterprise Ontology Management with SymOntoX....Pages 442-447
Is Participation in the Semantic Web Too Difficult?....Pages 448-453
Consistency Checking of Semantic Web Ontologies....Pages 454-459
WebTheme™: Understanding Web Information through Visual Analytics....Pages 460-468
Browsing Schedules - An Agent-Based Approach to Navigating the Semantic Web....Pages 469-473
Back Matter....Pages 475-476
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