The importance of semantics has been recognized in different areas of data and information management, including better access, exchange, interoperability, integration, and analysis of data. Semantics of data is about associating meaning to data, understanding what data represents, and improving...

1. Transitioning a face-to-face class to an online class / Margaret Fitzgerald-Sisk, Robert Tennyson -- 2. Standardization of virtual objects / Jordán Espada ... [et al.] -- 3. Forum summarization to support tutor and teacher in group interaction management / Antonella Carbonaro -- 4. Social...

1. Exploring a professional social network system to support learning in the workplace / Anthony "Skip" Basiel, Paul Coyne -- 2. Knowledge producing megamachines : the biggest Web 2.0 communities of the future / Laszlo Z. Karvalics -- 3. Web 2.0 driven sustainability reporting / Daniel Süpke,...

"This book focuses on information systems discipline and working towards the delivery of the main implications that the Semantic Web brings to information systems and the information/knowledge society. It discusses the technology of the semantic Web in the context of information systems. It...