Semantic Web
The Competence Center
Semantic Web (CCSW) is a research and development center within the German Research
Center for Artificial
Intelligence and coordinates Semantic Web technologies such as XML, RDF,
DAML+OIL, XSLT, and RuleML.
The focus is on distributed information management with Web-based standardized
object representations, ontologies, and rule systems. CCSW considers the
Semantic Web to be the higher-level structure emerging from a multitude of
semantic subwebs, each serving the needs of a specific Web community. Web
objects, ontologies, and rules are being developed in various domains, from
mathematical objects with their semantics to multilingual text corpora to
corporate document and knowledge management.
An important issue addressed is exploring methods for the semi-automatic
extraction of semantic meta data (e.g., in RDF) and ontologies (e.g., in RDF
Schema) from Web objects (e.g., based on natural language processing). Another
important topic is semantic information integration—i.e., the alignment,
merging, and translation of Web objects and ontologies via rules. Services of
CCSW are offered to both individuals and enterprises, organizations and
governmental institutions. The Competence Center Semantic Web aims at
synergetic effects through cooperation among a diversity of Semantic Web
projects at DFKI.
CCSW is also offering consulting and project services on Semantic Web topics.
Important links:
General
- The Semantic Web
is the famous Semantic Web article in Scientific American by Tim Berners-Lee, James Hendler and Ora Lassila. - www.semanticweb.org is the community portal for the Semantic Web.
- W3C Semantic Web Activity pages
- Semantic Web Tutorials at ECAI and IJCAI
RDF (Resource Description Framework)
- An Introduction to the Resource Description Framework is a short and simple introduction to RDF by Eric Miller.
- W3C RDF pages
- Dave Beckett's Resource Description Framework (RDF) Resource Guide
Contact
Dipl.-Inform. Michael Sintek