Reference Resources for Special Libraries

• Recent issues & Projects
• Tools &  references
• Related committees and task forces
  

• General
• Specialized
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• Semantic Web
• Ontologies

New Developments

Semantic Web (http://www.semanticweb.org/ )

" The Semantic Web is an extension of the current web in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation. " -- Tim Berners-Lee, James Hendler, Ora Lassila, The Semantic Web

Specifications from W3C

• Resource Description Framework (RDF) Model and Syntax Specification
• W3C Recommendation 22 February 1999
  Ora Lassila, Ralph R. Swick, eds.
• RDF Vocabulary Description Language 1.0: RDF Schema
  W3C Working Draft
  Dan Brickley, R.V. Guha, eds.
• RDF Model Theory
  W3C Working Draft
  Patrick Hayes, ed.
• RDF/XML Syntax Specification (Revised)
  W3C Working Draft
  Dave Beckett, ed.
• RDF Test Cases
  W3C Working Draft
  Jan Grant, Dave Beckett, eds.
• RDF Primer
  W3C Working Draft
  Frank Manola, Eric Miller, eds.
• Requirements for a Web Ontology Language
  W3C Working Draft
  Jeff Heflin, Raphael Volz, Jonathan Dale eds.

Ontologies

• What is an ontology?
• Related websites:
• Ontologies for e-commerce: http://www.ontology.org
• Simple HTML Ontology Extensions (SHOE): http://www.cs.umd.edu/projects/plus/SHOE/
• The Enterprise Ontology: http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~entprise/enterprise/ontology.html