Web Services Directory

Yet another highly useful introductory text on the concept of the Semantic Web written by Sandro Hawke in early 2002.

Semantic Web School is a network of experts providing applicable knowledge about semantic technologies for practicioners

Seminal article explaining the concepts and technology contained within the Semantic Web

An excellent one page overview of the Semantic Web. An ideal visual starting point which explains succinctly and in simple to understand language the key concepts of the Semantic Web

This paper serves to identify what the Semantic Web is, how it will evolve, and provides a few examples of valuable semantic business applications.

Useful primer by Joshua Allen introducing the main topic areas of the Semantic Web.

"Robust AI will emerge on the Internet before it emerges inside a stand alone computer or robot that is created by one individual or company or organization or government."

this portal contains lots of information about the semantic web at a glance: conferences, links, news and articles

Article by Sean B Palmer which provides a high level introduction to the concepts and key technologies involved in the Semantic Web. Refereneces and resources included.

This document is designed as being a simple but comprehensive introductory publication for anybody trying to get into the Semantic Web: from beginners through to long time hackers. Written by This document is designed as being a simple but comprehensive introductory publication for anybody trying to get into the Semantic Web: from beginners through to long time hackers.

Semantic World is a web community dedicated to the use of semantic information management methods in industry. Semantic World contains relevant news and analysis, a comprehensive resource center, and interactive forums for practitioners of semantic methodologies to share experiences, problems, and initiatives. Semantic World aims to support and influence developing standards for ontology modeling, semantic mapping, and the use of semantic information management methods in IT.

Landmark article in Scientific American on the concept and future of the Semantic Web. Lacks depth but it is intended as an introduction to further sources of reading given at the end of the text.

Here it is: the helicopter view as laid down in October 1998 by the man behind not on the World Wide Web but the Semantic Web, Tim Berners-Lee himself. Not only a useful introduction but a living historical document!

Quirky but honest introduction to the Semantic Web and especially RDF. Useful links to other reading. Good as a primer.

Course in Semantic Web technology and issues offered by the LSDIS Lab, Computer Science, University of Georgia. The course cover many of the key topic areas in Sematic Web development including semantics, ontology, RDF, XAML, DAML+OIL, Domain modelling, and an investigation of the commercial landscape for Semantic Web technology.

Long and at times rambling article by Joshua Allen. Useful as a collection of terminology and concepts.

Sequence Technologies offers enterprise portals using Semantic Web technologies to help companies structure and share their corporate knowledge. Sequence solutions are deployed in many organizations, including telecommunication and life sciences companies, hospitals, universities and SMEs. By leveraging the power of Semantic Web, Sequence provides its users with very flexible applications which adapt to their changing business needs. For more information about Sequence please visit our web site at www.sequencetech.com.

This site has research information about an initiative to combine the expressive power of semantics to Web services. Keywords: RDF,DAML+OIL, DAML-S, Semantic Web, Web Services , WSDL/RDF, SOAP

Article by Aaron Swartz in which the chief components of the Semantic Web are defined in a logical and straightforward manner. References to other resources included.

This is the community site for Ontoweb, a European Union founded project about Ontology-based information exchange for knowledge management and electronic commerce.

KTweb brings together the European projects and people working in information access and knowledge technologies - in research, academia and business - and offers information and resources in these domains at a global level. An good starting point for knowledge technologies information.