Creating the Semantic Web with RDF - Softcover

Hjelm, Johan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471402591 ISBN 13: 9780471402596

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2001

Synopsis

The first state–of–the–art guide for Web developers who need to enable totally new services using metadata
This book offers for the first time complete guidance for Web and content developers who use Resource Description Framework (RDF) to create Web services, both wired and wireless, for metadata, or data that is maintained by an application. Written by the W3C Fellow charged with making the W3C XML standard work with other open standards, the book clearly demonstrates how RDF and metadata can greatly improve a user′s Web experience through richer, better–tailored content. The author explains RDF theory and practice and how it compares to XML and HTML in layman terms and provides source code for several important tools. He includes descriptions of real services, both for the desktop computer and the handheld wireless device, and hands–on examples illustrating how metadata is used to tailor services for users. Explanations of how RDF ties in with intelligent agents are also provided.

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From the Back Cover

An in–depth introduction to metadata and RDF basics for creating improved Web services

With the endless number of Web sites vying for attention, it′s more important than ever before to stand out and offer a richer, better–tailored experience. The new Resource Description Framework (RDF) standard can accomplish this by making personalization and adaptation of content easier. Johan Hjelm guides you through all the features of RDF, explaining how to take advantage of this technology and create exciting Web services for metadata. With his book, you′ll learn how to use RDF to filter content, personalize information, and develop information services and objects. He also clearly shows you how to use RDF and XML to build metadata and user profiles. These profiles can help you produce new types of services and target data to users. This means that you′ll be able to reach the right people and provide them with the exact information they want!

Covering metadata and RDF basics, this book explains how to:
∗ Annotate text and photos using RDF
∗ Utilize the RDF and XML processors
∗ Build schemas with RDF and XML
∗ Use multiple metadata vocabularies and classify site information
∗ Transport client profiles using remote referencing, bandwidth and caching, and proxy interaction

The CD–ROM provides a number of RDF resource programs, such as editors, parsers, and inference engines, that you can use to create new services described in the book. It also contains:
∗ Source code for several important tools
∗ A description of real services with hands–on examples of how to use metadata to tailor services for users

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About the Author

JOHAN HJELM is Senior Research Engineer and Project Manager at Ericsson. Along with his research and contributions to the development of many wireless web applications, he has extensive experience with metadata technologies. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and is the author of nine previously published books including Wiley′s Designing Wireless Information Services.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0471402591
• ISBN 13: 9780471402596
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 304