The Social Semantic Web

✍ Scribed by Breslin, John G;Decker, Stefan;Passant, Alexandre

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 301
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book offers a brief overview of the Social Web and Semantic Web before it describes popular social media and social networking applications, including their strengths and limitations. It also describes useful applications of Semantic Web technology.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 5
The Social Semantic Web......Page 3
1.1 Overview......Page 10
1.2 Aims of the book, and who will benefit from it?......Page 12
1.3 Structure of the book......Page 13
1.3.2 Introduction to the Social Web (Web 2.0, social media, social software)......Page 14
1.3.5 Knowledge and information sharing......Page 15
1.3.8 Social sharing of software......Page 16
1.3.11 Social Web applications in enterprise......Page 17
1.3.12 Towards the Social Semantic Web......Page 18
2.1 Web 2.0 and the Social Web......Page 19
2.2 Addressing limitations in the Social Web with semantics......Page 21
2.3 The Social Semantic Web: more than the sum of its parts......Page 23
2.4 A food chain of applications for the Social Semantic Web......Page 25
2.5 A practical Social Semantic Web......Page 27
3.1 From the Web to a Social Web......Page 29
3.2.1 RSS......Page 33
3.2.2 AJAX......Page 35
3.2.3 Mashups......Page 36
3.2.4 Advertising......Page 38
3.2.5 The Web on any device......Page 40
3.2.6 Content delivery......Page 42
3.2.7 Cloud computing......Page 43
3.2.8 Folksonomies......Page 46
3.3 Object-centred sociality......Page 47
3.5 Be careful before you post......Page 50
3.6 Disconnects in the Social Web......Page 52
4.1 A brief history......Page 53
4.2 The need for semantics......Page 55
4.3 Metadata......Page 59
4.3.1 Resource Description Framework (RDF)......Page 60
4.3.2 The RDF syntax......Page 62
4.4 Ontologies......Page 64
4.4.1 RDF Schema......Page 67
4.4.2 Web Ontology Language (OWL)......Page 69
4.5 SPARQL......Page 70
4.6 The ‘lowercase’ semantic web, including microformats......Page 72
4.7 Semantic search......Page 74
4.8 Linking Open Data......Page 75
4.9 Semantic mashups......Page 77
4.10 Addressing the Semantic Web ‘chicken-and-egg’ problem......Page 79
5.1 The world of boards, blogs and now microblogs......Page 82
5.2 Blogging......Page 83
5.2.1 The growth of blogs......Page 84
5.2.2 Structured blogging......Page 86
5.2.3 Semantic blogging......Page 88
5.3 Microblogging......Page 92
5.3.1 The Twitter phenomenon......Page 95
5.3.2 Semantic microblogging......Page 96
5.4 Message boards......Page 98
5.4.1 Categories and tags on message boards......Page 99
5.4.2 Characteristics of forums......Page 101
5.4.3 Social networks on message boards......Page 104
5.5 Mailing lists and IRC......Page 107
6.1 Wikis......Page 110
6.1.2 Semantic wikis......Page 112
6.1.3 DBpedia......Page 117
6.1.4 Semantics-based reputation in the Wikipedia......Page 118
6.2.1 Twine......Page 119
6.2.2 The Internet Archive......Page 122
6.2.3 Powerset......Page 124
6.2.5 Freebase......Page 126
7.1 Multimedia management......Page 128
7.2 Photo-sharing services......Page 129
7.2.1 Modelling RDF data from Flickr......Page 130
7.2.3 Annotating images using Semantic Web technologies......Page 132
7.3 Podcasts......Page 133
7.3.1 Audio podcasts......Page 134
7.3.2 Video podcasts......Page 136
7.3.3 Adding semantics to podcasts......Page 138
7.4.1 DBTune and the Music Ontology......Page 140
7.4.2 Combining social music and the Semantic Web......Page 141
8.1.1 Overview of tagging......Page 144
8.1.2 Issues with free-form tagging systems......Page 147
8.2 Tags and the Semantic Web......Page 149
8.2.1 Mining taxonomies and ontologies from folksonomies......Page 150
8.2.2 Modelling folksonomies using Semantic Web technologies......Page 151
8.3.1 Annotea......Page 155
8.3.2 Revyu.com......Page 156
8.3.4 int.ere.st......Page 158
8.3.5 LODr......Page 159
8.3.6 Atom Interface......Page 160
8.3.7 Faviki......Page 161
8.4.2 List the ten latest items tagged by Alexandre on SlideShare......Page 162
8.4.3 List the tags used by Alex on SlideShare and by John on Flickr......Page 164
8.4.4 Retrieve any content tagged with something relevant to the Semantic Web field......Page 165
9.1. Software widgets, applications and projects......Page 166
9.2 Description of a Project (DOAP)......Page 167
9.2.1 Examples of DOAP use......Page 168
9.3 Crawling and browsing software descriptions......Page 171
9.4.1 Locating software projects from people you trust......Page 173
9.4.2 Locating a software project related to a particular topic......Page 174
10.1 Overview of social networks......Page 175
10.2 Online social networking services......Page 179
10.3 Some psychology behind SNS usage......Page 181
10.4 Niche social networks......Page 183
10.5 Addressing some limitations of social networks......Page 185
10.6 Friend-of-a-Friend (FOAF)......Page 187
10.6.1 Consolidation of people objects......Page 190
10.6.2 Aggregating a person’s web contributions......Page 192
10.6.3 Inferring relationships from aggregated data......Page 193
10.7 hCard and XFN......Page 195
10.8 The Social Graph API and OpenSocial......Page 196
10.9 The Facebook Platform......Page 199
10.11 A social networking stack......Page 200
11.1 The need for semantics in online communities......Page 203
11.2 Semantically-Interlinked Online Communities (SIOC)......Page 204
11.2.1 The SIOC ontology......Page 207
11.2.2 SIOC metadata format......Page 209
11.2.3 SIOC modules......Page 211
11.3 Expert finding in online communities......Page 212
11.3.1 FOAF for expert finding......Page 214
11.3.2 SIOC for expert finding......Page 215
11.4 Connections between community description formats......Page 217
11.5 Distributed conversations and channels......Page 218
11.6 SIOC applications......Page 221
11.7 A food chain for SIOC data......Page 222
11.7.1 SIOC producers......Page 224
11.7.2 SIOC collectors......Page 229
11.7.3 SIOC consumers......Page 230
11.8 RDFa for interlinking online communities......Page 237
11.9 Argumentative discussions in online communities......Page 240
11.10 Object-centred sociality in online communities......Page 242
11.11.1 The DataPortability working group......Page 244
11.11.2 Data portability with FOAF and SIOC......Page 246
11.11.3 Connections between portability efforts......Page 247
11.12 Online communities for health care and life sciences......Page 248
11.12.1 Semantic Web Applications in Neuromedicine......Page 249
11.12.2 Science Collaboration Framework......Page 250
11.13 Online presence......Page 252
11.15 The SIOC data competition......Page 253
12.1 Overview of Enterprise 2.0......Page 257
12.2.1 Social and philosophical issues with Enterprise 2.0......Page 261
12.2.2 Technical issues with Enterprise 2.0......Page 264
12.3.1 Introducing SemSLATES......Page 268
12.3.2 Implementing semantics in Enterprise 2.0 ecosystems......Page 269
12.3.3 SIOC for collaborative work environments......Page 272
13.1 Possibilities for the Social Semantic Web......Page 274
13.2 A community-guided Social Semantic Web......Page 276
13.2.1 Wisdom of the crowds and the Semantic Web......Page 277
13.2.2 A grassroots approach......Page 278
13.2.3 The vocabulary onion......Page 280
13.3 Integrating with the Social Semantic Desktop......Page 283
13.4.1 Keeping privacy in mind......Page 284
13.4.2 Identity fragmentation......Page 285
13.5 The vision of a Social Semantic Web......Page 286
Acknowledgments......Page 289
Dedication from John......Page 290
Biographies......Page 291
References......Page 292