Semantic Techniques for the Web: The REWERSE Perspective (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

The objective of this state-of-the-art survey is to give a coherent overview of the main topics and results achieved by the Network of Excellence REWERSE on "Reasoning on the Web", funded by the European Commission and Switzerland within the "6th Framework Programme" (FP6), from 2004 to 2008. The material has been organized into eight chapters, each of which addresses one of the main topics of REWERSE: hybrid reasoning with rules and ontologies, lessons in versatility or how query languages adapt to the Web, evolution and reactivity in the Semantic Web, rule-based policy representations and reasoning, component models for Semantic Web languages, controlled English for reasoning on the Semantic Web, semantic search with GoPubMed, and information integration in bioinformatics with ontologies and standards. Each chapter gives an in-depth coverage of the subject and provides an extensive bibliography with pointers to further literature. Annotation The objective of this state-of-the-art survey is to give a coherentoverview of the main topics and results achieved by the Network of Excellence REWERSE on "Reasoning on the Web", funded by the European Commission and Switzerland within the "6th Framework Programme" (FP6), from 2004 to 2008. The material has been organized into eight chapters, each of which addresses one of the main topics of REWERSE: hybrid reasoning with rules and ontologies, lessons in versatility or how query languages adapt to the Web, evolution and reactivity in the Semantic Web, rule-based policyrepresentations and reasoning, component models for Semantic Weblanguages, controlled English for reasoning on the Semantic Web, semantic search with GoPubMed, and information integration inbioinformatics with ontologies and standards. Each chapter gives an in-depth coverage of the subject and provides an extensive bibliography with pointers to further literature Front Matter....Pages - Hybrid Reasoning with Rules and Ontologies....Pages 1-49 Four Lessons in Versatility or How Query Languages Adapt to the Web....Pages 50-160 Evolution and Reactivity in the Semantic Web....Pages 161-200 Rule-Based Policy Representations and Reasoning....Pages 201-232 Component Models for Semantic Web Languages....Pages 233-275 Controlled English for Reasoning on the Semantic Web....Pages 276-308 Semantic Search with GoPubMed....Pages 309-342 Information Integration in Bioinformatics with Ontologies and Standards....Pages 343-376 Back Matter....Pages -