The Semantic Web represents a vision for how to make the huge amount of information on the Web automatically processable by machines on a large scale. For this purpose, a whole suite of standards, technologies and related tools have been specified and developed over the last couple of years and they have now become the foundation for numerous new applications.A Developer’s Guide to the Semantic Web helps the reader to learn the core standards, key components and un...

Liyang Yu is Senior Software Developer with Delta Air Lines in Atlanta, GA, USA. He is a regular speaker on Semantic Web research and development issues at international conferences. His previously published introductory book on Semantic Web services has been used as the basic textbook for related courses by universities worldwide.

Even though the semantic Web is a relatively new and dynamic area of research, a whole suite of components, standards, and tools have already been developed around it. Using a concrete approach, Introduction to the Semantic Web and Semantic Web Services builds a firm foundation in the concept of the semantic Web, its principal technologies, its rea