Practical Ontologies for Information Professionals - Softcover

Stuart, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0838915116 ISBN 13: 9780838915110

Publisher: ALA Neal-Schuman, 2016

Synopsis

The development of robust and widely used ontologies is an increasingly important tool in the fight against information overload. The publishing and sharing of explicit explanations for a wide variety of conceptualizations, in a machine readable format, has the power to both improve information retrieval and identify new knowledge. This new book provides an accessible introduction to

• the concept and definition of ontology and why it is increasingly important to the information professional;
• ontologies and the Semantic Web;
• existing ontologies, such as SKOS, OWL, FOAF, schema.org, and the DBpedia Ontology;
• adopting and building ontologies, showing how to avoid repetition of work and how to build a simple ontology with Protégé;
• interrogating Semantic Web ontologies; and
  
• the future of ontologies and the role of the information professional in their development and use.

About this title

About the Author:

David Stuart is an independent information professional and an honorary research fellow at the University of Wolverhampton, and was previously a research fellow at King's College London and the University of Wolverhampton. He regularly publishes in peer-reviewed academic journals and professional journals on information science, metrics, and semantic web technologies, and in 2015 began writing a regular column for the journal Online Information Review called 'Taming Metrics'. He has previously published Web Metrics for Library and Information Professionals (Facet Publishing, 2014) and Facilitating Access to the Web of Data (Facet Publishing, 2011).

Review:

"Impressively well written, organized, and presented, Practical Ontologies for Information Professionals will prove to be an enduringly valued and appreciated addition to professional, community, and academic library Information Science reference collections and supplemental studies reading lists." --Midwest Book Review

"Offers insight into the evolution of classification of digital data and knowledge. This book will be useful to archivists, domain experts, LIS students, and library and information professionals. Recommended." --American Reference Books Annual

"Stuart's book is a useful
introduction to ontologies for
librarians and other information
professionals who know little
about them." --Catholic Library World

About this edition

• Publisher: ALA Neal-Schuman
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0838915116
• ISBN 13: 9780838915110
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224