Ontologies on the semantic web

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This is the published version of an article published in the journal: Annual Review of Information Science and Technology. © American Society for Information Science and Technology. Used with permission.

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As an informational technology, the World Wide Web has enjoyed spectacular success. In just ten years it has transformed the way information is produced, stored, and shared in arenas as diverse as shopping, family photo albums, and high-level academic research. The “Semantic Web” was touted by its developers as equally revolutionary but has not yet achieved anything like the Web’s exponential uptake. This 17 000 word survey article explores why this might be so, from a perspective that bridges both philosophy and IT.

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Legg, C. (2007). Ontologies on the semantic web. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 41, 407-451.

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Information Today Inc

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