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ONTOLOGY ENGINEERING IN A NETWORKED WORLD GEBUNDEN

The Semantic Web is characterized by the existence of a very large number of distributed
semantic resources  which together define a network of ontologies. These ontologies in turn are
interlinked through a variety of different meta-relationships such as versioning  inclusion 
and many more. This scenario is radically different from the relatively narrow contexts in
which ontologies have been traditionally developed and applied  and thus calls for new methods
and tools to effectively support the development of novel network-oriented semantic
applications. This book by Suárez-Figueroa et al. provides the necessary methodological and
technological support for the development and use of ontology networks  which ontology
developers need in this distributed environment. After an introduction  in its second part the
authors describe the NeOn Methodology framework. The book's third part details the key
activities relevant to the ontology engineering life cycle. For each activity  a general
introduction  methodological guidelines  and practical examples are provided. The fourth part
then presents a detailed overview of the NeOn Toolkit and its plug-ins. Lastly  case studies
from the pharmaceutical and the fishery domain round out the work. The book primarily addresses
two main audiences: students (and their lecturers) who need a textbook for advanced
undergraduate or graduate courses on ontology engineering  and practitioners who need to
develop ontologies in particular or Semantic Web-based applications in general. Its educational
value is maximized by its structured approach to explaining guidelines and combining them with
case studies and numerous examples. The description of the open source NeOn Toolkit provides an
additional asset  as it allows readers to easily evaluate and apply the ideas presented.

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