Social Web Evolution: Integrating Semantic Applications And Web 2.0 Technologies (advances In Semantic Web And Information Systems)

E-Book Overview

As semantic technologies prove their value with targeted applications, there are increasing opportunities to consider their usefulness in social contexts for knowledge, learning, and human development. Social Web Evolution: Integrating Semantic Applications and Web 2.0 Technologies explores the potential of Web 2.0 and its synergies with the Semantic Web and provides state-of-the-art theoretical foundations and technological applications. A reference edition for academicians, practitioners, policy makers, and government officers eager for knowledge on Web 2.0 and social Web, this book emphasizes practical aspects of the integration of semantic applications into social Web technologies.

E-Book Content

Social Web Evolution: Integrating Semantic Applications and Web 2.0 Technologies Miltiadis D. Lytras Athens University of Economics & Business, Greece Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos University of Oviedo, Spain Information science reference Hershey • New York Director of Editorial Content: Senior Managing Editor: Managing Editor: Assistant Managing Editor: Typesetter: Cover Design: Printed at: Kristin Klinger Jamie Snavely Jeff Ash Carole Coulson Sean Woznicki Lisa Tosheff Yurchak Printing Inc. Published in the United States of America by Information Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global) 701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Suite 200 Hershey PA 17033 Tel: 717-533-8845 Fax: 717-533-8661 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.igi-global.com/reference and in the United Kingdom by Information Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global) 3 Henrietta Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8LU Tel: 44 20 7240 0856 Fax: 44 20 7379 0609 Web site: http://www.eurospanbookstore.com Copyright © 2009 by IGI Global. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or distributed in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, without written permission from the publisher. Product or company names used in this set are for identi.cation purposes only. Inclusion of the names of the products or companies does not indicate a claim of ownership by IGI Global of the trademark or registered trademark. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Social web evolution : integrating semantic applications and Web 2.0 technologies / Miltiadis D. Lytras and Patricia Ordonez de Pablos, editors. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: “This book explores the potential of Web 2.0 and its synergies with the Semantic Web and provides state-of-the-art theoretical foundations and technological applications”--Provided by publisher. ISBN 978-1-60566-272-5 (hardcover) -- ISBN 978-1-60566-273-2 (ebook) 1. Organizational learning. 2. Knowledge management. 3. Online social networks. 4. Semantic Web. 5. Web 2.0. I. Lytras, Miltiadis D., 1973- II. Pablos, Patricia Ordonez de. HD58.82.S66 2009 025.042’7--dc22 2008047729 British Cataloguing in Publication Data A Cataloguing in Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. All work contributed to this book is new, previously-unpublished material. The views expressed in this book are those of the authors, but not necessarily of the publisher. Social Web Evolution: Integrating Semantic Applications and Web 2.0 Technologies is part of the IGI Global series named Advances in Semantic Web and Information Systems (ASWIS) Series, ISBN: 1935-3626 If a library purchased a print copy of this publication, please go to http://www.igi-global.com/agreement for information on activating the library's complimentary electronic access to this publication. Advances in Semantic Web and Information Systems (ASWIS) Series Editor-in-Chief: Miltiadis Lytras,
You might also like

Encyclopedia Of Physical Science And Technology - Organic Chemistry
Authors: Robert A. Meyers (Editor)    176    0


Encyclopedia Of Physical Science And Technology - Stars And Stellar Systems
Authors: Robert A. Meyers (Editor-in-Chief)    173    0


Differential Geometry And Relativity
Authors: Gardner.    148    0


Cognitive Science And The Twin-earth Problem
Authors: Fodor J.    189    0



Encyclopedia Of Science And Religion
Authors: Niels Henrik Gregersen , Nancy R. Howell , Wesley J. Wildman , Wentzel Van Huyssteen    187    0




Forensic Science International
Authors: Christian Doutremepuich , Niels Morling    155    0