Metadata development can be challenging because the vocabulary should be flexible and extensible, widely applicable, interoperable, and both machine and human readable. We describ...
OWL DL, being established by W3C, is a Knowledge Representation Markup Language for the Semantic Web. OWL DL is a new synthesis of research on KRML for the Semantic Web, which nee...
Geographical information retrieval (GIR) can benefit from context information to adapt the results to a user’s current situation and personal preferences. In this respect, seman...
The paper presents the main results of the IST FP6 INFRAWEBS project. The project has developed an easy and effective way of constructing and using semantic descriptions for existi...
This paper proposes an Ontology-based Rights Expression Language, called OREL. Based on OWL Web Ontology Language, OREL allows not only users but also machines to handle digital r...