The impact of IT on society, organizations, and individuals is growing as the power of the Web harnesses collective intelligence and knowledge. The Handbook of Research on Social Dimensions of Semantic Technologies and Web Services discusses the main issues, challenges, opportunities, and trends related to this new technology, transforming the way we use information and knowledge. This Handbook of Research is an excellent resource for researchers, academicians, and professionals with an interest in these significant technologies.
Author(s): M. Manuela Cunha, M. Manuela Cunha, Eva F. Oliveira, Antonio J. Tavares, Luis G. Ferreira
Edition: 1
Publisher: IGI Global
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 1180
Title......Page 2
List of Contributors......Page 6
Table of Contents......Page 10
Detailed Table of Contents......Page 18
Preface......Page 31
Acknowledgment......Page 38
Semantic Web Components and Enabling Technologies......Page 39
Semantic Approach to Knowledge Representation and Processing......Page 40
Challenges on Semantic Web Services......Page 64
A Service Oriented Ontological Framework for the Semantic Validation of Web Accessibility......Page 88
Semantic Web Technologies in the Service of Personalization Tools......Page 107
Querying Web Accessibility Knowledge from Web Graphs......Page 127
Ontology Evolution: A Case Study on Semantic Technology in the Media Domain......Page 152
Attempting to Model Sense Division for Word Sense Disambiguation......Page 165
Association between Web Semantics and Geographical Locations: Evaluate Internet Information Consistency for Marketing Research......Page 197
Visualization in Support of Social Networking on the Web......Page 221
Tracing the Many Translations of a Web-Based IT Artefact......Page 241
Semantic Annotation of Objects......Page 262
Web Services Automation......Page 278
Semantic Web Services: Towards an Appropriate Solution to Application Integration......Page 298
Semantic Visualization to Support Knowledge Discoveryin Multi-Relational Service Communities......Page 320
Knowledge Protocols......Page 343
Multi-Agent Systems for Semantic Web Services Composition......Page 363
Social Semantic Web......Page 379
On the Social Shaping of the Semantic Web......Page 380
Social/Human Dimensions of Web Services: Communication Errors and Cultural Aspects. The Case of VRL-KCiP NoE......Page 396
Socio-Technical Challenges of Semantic Web: A Culturally Exclusive Proposition?......Page 418
Social Networks in Information Systems: Tools and Services......Page 431
The Generative Potential of Appreciative Inquiry as an Essential Social Dimension of the Semantic Web......Page 450
Online Virtual Communities as a New Form of Social Relations: Elements for the Analysis......Page 474
E-Learning and Solidarity: The Power of Forums......Page 487
Challenges, Opportunities, and Impact......Page 507
Applying an Organizational Uncertainty Principle: Semantic Web-Based Metrics......Page 508
Security in Semantic Interoperation......Page 528
Semantic Discovery of Services in Democratized Grids......Page 544
Semantic Web and Adaptivity: Towards a New Model......Page 560
Semantic Technologies and Web Services: A Primer on Legal Issues......Page 580
The Influences and Impacts of Societal Factors on the Adoption of Web Services......Page 607
The Geospatial Semantic Web: What are its Implications for Geospatial Information Users?......Page 627
Enabling Distributed Cognitive Collaborations on the Semantic Web......Page 649
Social Impact of Collaborative Services to Maintain Electronic Business Relationships......Page 682
The Semantic Web in Tourism......Page 714
Cross-Language Information Retrieval on the Web......Page 743
CRISS: A Collaborative Route Information Sharing System for Visually Impaired Travelers......Page 759
Applications and Current Developments......Page 781
The Impacts of Semantic Technologies on Industrial Systems......Page 798
Towards Process Mediation in Semantic Service Oriented Architecture (SSOA)......Page 819
Social Networks Applied to E-Gov: An Architecture for Semantic Services......Page 841
Ontologies and Law: A Practical Case of the Creation of Ontology for Copyright Law Domain......Page 858
Technology Roadmap for Living Labs......Page 877
Technologies to Support the Market of Resources as an Infrastructure for Agile/Virtual Enterprise Integration......Page 904
KC-PLM: Knowledge Collaborative Product Lifecycle Management......Page 925
PolyOrBAC: An Access Control Model for Inter-Organizational Web Services......Page 940
Development and Implementation of E-Government Services in Turkey: Towards a More Citizen-Oriented Public Administration System......Page 963
Technical Outline of a W3Spatial (Decision Support) Prototype......Page 985
Compilation of References......Page 1007
About the Contributors......Page 1060
Index......Page 1088
