Dictionary of XML Technologies and the Semantic Web (Springer...

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 248 pages
• Published by: Springer
• Edition: 1st Edition January 14, 2004
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1852337680
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1852337681
• Book Dimensions: 9.7 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 1.4 pounds

Product Description


The emerging Second-Generation Web is based entirely on XML and related technologies. This new version of the Web introduces a multitude of novel concepts, terms, and acronyms. The goal of this dictionary is not just to define the meaning of new words but to develop a proper understanding of leading-edge Web technologies. It will be an invaluable reference for all Internet professionals and practitioners as well as students and ordinary Web users.

Key topics:

- XML syntax and core technologies

- All the major members of the XML family of technologies

- Numerous XML-based domain-specific languages

- Concept and architecture of the Semantic Web

- Key Semantic Web technologies

- Web services

Features and Benefits:

- Over 1,800 terms and definitions from a newly emerged area

- Over 200 illustrations to promote an understanding of the latest technologies

- Clear and accessible definitions and a unique writing style bridge the gap between definition and explanation

- Extensive cross-referencing of terms and a CD-ROM containing a fully searchable version of the dictionary

Reader Reviews
The Semantic Web embraces a complex of technologies, concepts, good practices and procedures, and finally is a soup of acronyms, new terms, specialise terminology, etc. This book is an excellent source of information about semantic web because is a real dictionary about XML and Semantic Web. Every entry in the dictionary is very well explained and almost every entry has a diagram, an illustration or an example.