{"product_id":"9789814590358","title":"Handbook Of Metadata, Semantics And Ontologies","description":"\u003cp\u003eMetadata research has emerged as a discipline cross-cutting many domains, focused on the provision of distributed descriptions (often called annotations) to Web resources or applications. Such associated descriptions are supposed to serve as a foundation for advanced services in many application areas, including search and location, personalization, federation of repositories and automated delivery of information. Indeed, the Semantic Web is in itself a concrete technological framework for ontology-based metadata. For example, Web-based social networking requires metadata describing people and their interrelations, and large databases with biological information use complex and detailed metadata schemas for more precise and informed search strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is a wide diversity in the languages and idioms used for providing meta-descriptions, from simple structured text in metadata schemas to formal annotations using ontologies, and the technologies for storing, sharing and exploiting meta-descriptions are also diverse and evolve rapidly. In addition, there is a proliferation of schemas and standards related to metadata, resulting in a complex and moving technological landscape — hence, the need for specialized knowledge and skills in this area.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eHandbook of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies\u003c\/i\u003e is intended as an authoritative reference for students, practitioners and researchers, serving as a roadmap for the variety of metadata schemas and ontologies available in a number of key domain areas, including culture, biology, education, healthcare, engineering and library science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetadata Research: Making Digital Resources Useful Again? \u003ci\u003e(Miguel-Angel Sicilia)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetadata Typology and Metadata Uses \u003ci\u003e(Eva Méndez and Seth van Hooland)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Value and Cost of Metadata \u003ci\u003e(Miltiadis D Lytras, Miguel-Ángel Sicilia and Cristian Cechinel)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetadata Quality \u003ci\u003e(Xavier Ochoa)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOntologies in Systems Theory \u003ci\u003e(Emilia Currás)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction to XML and Its Applications \u003ci\u003e(Laura Papaleo)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOntologies and Ontology Languages \u003ci\u003e(Sinuhé Arroyo and Katharina Siorpaes)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTopic Maps \u003ci\u003e(Piedad Garrido Picazo and Jesús Tramullas)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMethodologies for the Creation of Semantic Data \u003ci\u003e(Tobias Bürger, Elena Simperl and Christoph Tempich)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetadata and Ontologies in e-Learning \u003ci\u003e(Manuel E Prieto Méndez, Víctor H Menéndez Domínguez and Christian L Vidal Castro)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetadata and Ontologies for Health \u003ci\u003e(Gianluca Colombo, Daniele Merico and Michaela Gündel)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAgricultural Knowledge Organization Systems: An Analysis of an Indicative Sample \u003ci\u003e(Nikos Palavitsinis and Nikos Manouselis)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetadata and Ontologies for Bioinformatics \u003ci\u003e(E Blanco)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetadata and Ontologies for Mechanical Objects' Design and Manufacturing \u003ci\u003e(Fabio Sartori and Stefania Bandini)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetadata and Ontologies for Emergency Management \u003ci\u003e(Leopoldo Santos-Santos and Tomás Aguado-Gómez)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetadata and Ontologies for Tourism \u003ci\u003e(Dimitris Kanellopoulos)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetadata Standards and Ontologies for Multimedia Content \u003ci\u003e(Tobias Bürger and Michael Hausenblas)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTechnologies for Metadata Integration and Interoperability \u003ci\u003e(Ricardo Eito-Brun)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTechnologies for Metadata Extraction \u003ci\u003e(Koraljka Golub, Henk Muller and Emma Tonkin)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTechnologies for Metadata and Ontology Storage \u003ci\u003e(Mary Parmelee and Leo Obrst)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadership:\u003c\/b\u003e Graduates and senior undergraduates in computing or information science; researchers in metadata, semantics and ontologies; practitioners in planning or managing information systems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey Features:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe first comprehensive guide to metadata and semantics from a broad perspective\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUp-to-date surveys of metadata, semantics and ontologies in key domains such as healthcare, learning technology and agriculture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn integrative account of metadata and semantics that can reach a broad audience, including not only computer scientists and information scientists but also IT managers and technologists in general\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150209007856,"sku":"9789814590358","price":84.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789814590358_p0.jpg?v=1763691720","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789814590358","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}