Building a Pragmatic Semantic Web

IEEE Intelligent SystemsPublished 1 May 2008

Harith Alani, Wendy Hall, Kieron O’Hara, Nigel Shadbolt, Martin Szomszor, P.E. Chandler

DOI10.1109/mis.2008.42

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TL;DR

A practical approach to adopting semantic Web technologies enables large organizations to share data while achieving clear private as well as public reuse benefits.

Abstract

Semantic Web technology facilitates large-scale integration and sharing of distributed data sources. Transferring this technology from the lab environment into the real world requires careful planning to ensure the technology continues to offer a cost-effective and practical service. The authors describe an approach for promoting Semantic Web technology to industrial and government organizations. They present two Semantic Web applications: one involving several parts of government and the public sector, and the other targeting the aviation industry. Their goal is to show these organizations how to practically and relatively cheaply adopt Semantic Web technology for the dissemination, sharing, and use of their data. The applications demonstrate examples of immediate benefit. This article is part of a special issue called Semantic Web Update.

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