The promise of the Semantic Web to provide a universal medium to exchange data
information and knowledge has been well publicized. There are many sources too
for basic information on the extensions to the WWW that permit content to be
expressed in natural language yet used by software agents to easily find, share
and integrate information. Until now individuals engaged in creating
ontologies-- formal descriptions of the concepts, terms, and relationships
within a given knowledge domain-- have had no sources beyond the technical
standards documents. Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist transforms this
information into the practical knowledge that programmers and subject domain
experts need. Authors Allemang and Hendler begin with solutions to the basic
problems, but dont stop there: they demonstrate how to develop your own
solutions to problems of increasing complexity and ensure that your skills will keep pace with the continued evolution of the Semantic Web. Provides practical information for all programmers and subject matter experts engaged in modeling data to fit the requirements of the Semantic Web. De-emphasizes algorithms and proofs, focusing instead on real-world problems, creative solutions, and highly
illustrative examples. Presents detailed, ready-to-apply recipes for use in many
specific situations. Shows how to create new recipes from RDF, RDFS, and OWL
constructs.