This book constitutes the first volume of a series of books focusing on the vital and
ever-growing field of web semantics. The primary aim of the series is to investigate present
and promote core concepts ideas and exemplary technologies for the next generation of semantic
web research stemming from both academia and industry. Topics covered will include process
semantics web services ontologies workflows trust and reputation and web applications. The
14 papers in this volume written by key scientists in the field are preceded by an
introduction written by the volume editors. The papers have been divided into three sections on
Ontologies and Knowledge Sharing Applied Semantic Web and Web Services.
