Semantic Web and Peer-to-Peer
Subtitle: Decentralized Management and Exchange of Knowledge and Information
Contributors: Steffen Staab (Editor); Heiner Stuckenschmidt (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 9, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9783540283461
Subjects: Business information systems; Internet; Science/Mathematics; Information Technology; Technology; Computers - General Information; Information Storage & Retrieval; Networking - General; Bibster; Computers / Information Storage & Retrieval; DILIGENT; Ontologies; Ontology Mapping; P2P; Peer-to-Peer; RDF Query; XML Schema; Reference; Peer-to-peer architecture (Computer networks); Semantic Web
Description: Just like the industrial society of the last century depended on natural resources, today’s society depends on information and its exchange. Staab and Stuckenschmidt structured the selected contributions into four parts: Part I, "Data Storage and Access", prepares the semantic foundation, i.e. data modelling and querying in a flexible and yet scalable manner. These foundations allow for dealing with the organization of information at the individual peers. Part II, "Querying the Network", considers the routing of queries, as well as continuous queries and personalized queries under the conditions of the permanently changing topological structure of a peer-to-peer network. Part III, "Semantic Integration", deals with the mapping of heterogeneous data representations. Finally Part IV, "Methodology and Systems", reports experiences from case studies and sample applications. The overall result is a state-of-the-art description of the potential of Semantic Web and peer-to-peer technologies for information sharing and knowledge management when applied jointly.