Spinning Threads for the Next Generation of the Web
by
Steve Bratt
Table of contents
Spinning Threads for the Next Generation of the Web
Questions Addressed
The Evolving Web
Engineering the Foundation for Tomorrow's Web
Web Services and Semantic Web
What is a Web Service?
Web Services Stack
SOAP
SOAP Structure
Web Service Description
Problem: Silos and Babel
Problem: Lack of Machine-Processable Semantics
Analogy:
What Computers "Understand"
Toward Processable Search Semantics
Ways to Enable Machine Processing
What Is the Semantic Web?
Semantic Web Stack
Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI)
Resource Description Framework (RDF)
RDF Triples
RDF Can Represent Relational Table Data
... or More Complex Relationships
Web Ontology Language (OWL)
Merging Semantic Web Data
Conclusions
Other Web Services and Semantic Web References
Acknowledgements
World Wide Web Consortium
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The Process of Engaging a Service
Choreography of Services