Collaboration and the Semantic Web: Social Networks, Knowledge Networks and Knowledge Resources

Collaborative working has been increasingly viewed as a good practice for organizations to achieve efficiency. Organizations that work well in collaboration may have access to new sources of funding, deliver new, improved, and more integrated services, make savings on shared costs, and exchange knowledge, information and expertise. Collaboration and the Semantic Web: Social Networks, Knowledge Networks and Knowledge Resources showcases cutting-edge research on the intersections of Semantic Web, collaborative work, and social media research, exploring how the resources of so-called social networking applications, which bring people together to interact and encourage sharing of personal information and ideas, can be tapped by Semantic Web techniques, making shared Web contents readable and processable for machine and intelligent applications, as well as humans. Semantic technologies have shown their potential for integrating valuable knowledge, and they are being applied to the composition of digital learning and working platforms. Integrated semantic applications, linked data, social networks, and networked digital solutions can now be used in collaborative environments and present participants with the context-aware information that they need.

Altogether the book represents an excellent compilation of recent advancements, challenges, and insights in the area of collaborative semantic applications. It is of great use to advanced students, researchers, and practitioners aiming to research and develop collaborative systems and applications that build on semantic technologies. ----Sören AuerUniversität Leipzig, Germany

The essays look at various ways in which the technologies associated with the Semantic Web can be harnessed to improve systems for knowledge-sharing and collaboration across organisations. The specialised topics addressed include data mining, named entity recognition, ontology alignment and engineering, the semantics of email, and the generation of knowledge from tags in social media and social networks. As well as discussing the underlying technologies, the contributors also look at strategies for integrating this kind of semantic knowledge representation into organisational systems. They also examine specific organisational settings where these approaches are likely to be of particular relevance, including software development and business intelligence. This is a collection that is primarily intended for specialist researchers in computer science and knowledge management. --The Australian Library Journal, Vol. 62, No. 2 - Toby Burrows, University of Western Australia