Applied Semantic Web Technologies

Due to their rapid development, many practitioners are confused about the state of semantic technologies, which can be considered to be at different levels of maturity. With an emphasis on the adoption and diffusion of semantic technologies for real-world applications, this book covers the most mature parts of the Semantic Web and their practical applications in information and knowledge management. It presents a combination of theory and industry cases that discuss the technical and practical issues related to semantic technologies in intelligent information management. Topics addressed include ontology engineering and semantic retrieval.