Web 2.0 refers to a perceived or proposed second generation of internet-based services--such as social networking sites, wikis, mashups, and folksonomies--which emphasize online collaboration and shar
This title provides real-life cases illustrating the benefits of Semantic Web technologies as applied to e-business and e-commerce scenarios. Garcia (Universidad de Lleida, Spain) includes a variety o
Web usage mining is the application of data mining technologies to discover interesting usage patterns from web data in order to understand and better serve the needs of web-based applications. The bu
This text on semantic web technology provides suggestions, solutions, and recommendations for emerging research in the field, as well as commentary on the field's directions, challenges, and issues. S
Zhang (IBM T. J. Watson Research Center) collects international research on the latest applications, processes, and protocols in Web services research. Individual chapters focus on composing and coord
This work explains theories, models, and applications of semantic web research, focusing on mobile ontologies and agents, fuzzy databases, and new approaches to retrieval and evaluation in semantic we
The 15 articles collected here by Brandon (Christian Brothers U., Tennessee) review current topics for engineers creating software for the web. The text may be appropriate as a supplement to textbooks
Karacapilidis (management information systems, U. of Patras, Greece) introduces 19 chapters aimed at helping researchers, educators, and others to understand and incorporate Web-based concepts and tec
