New Book: Demystifying OWL for the Enterprise

I am pleased to announce the latest title in Morgan & Claypool's series on
the Semantic Web: Theory and Technology:

 

Demystifying OWL for the Enterprise
Michael Uschold, Semantic Arts, Inc.
Paperback ISBN: 9781681731278
eBook ISBN: 9781681731285

Hardcover ISBN: 9781681732831
May 2018, 264 pages
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Abstract:

After a slow incubation period of nearly 15 years, a large and growing
number of organizations now have one or more projects using the Semantic Web
stack of technologies. The Web Ontology Language (OWL) is an essential
ingredient in this stack, and the need for ontologists is increasing faster
than the number and variety of available resources for learning OWL. This is
especially true for the primary target audience for this book: modelers who
want to build OWL ontologies for practical use in enterprise and government
settings. The purpose of this book is to speed up the process of learning
and mastering OWL. To that end, the focus is on the 30% of OWL that gets
used 90% of the time.

Others who may benefit from this book include technically oriented managers,
semantic technology developers, undergraduate and post-graduate students,
and finally, instructors looking for new ways to explain OWL.

The book unfolds in a spiral manner, starting with the core ideas. Each
subsequent cycle reinforces and expands on what has been learned in prior
cycles and introduces new related ideas.

Part 1 is a cook's tour of ontology and OWL, giving an informal overview of
what things need to be said to build an ontology, followed by a detailed
look at how to say them in OWL. This is illustrated using a healthcare
example. Part 1 concludes with an explanation of some foundational ideas
about meaning and semantics to prepare the reader for subsequent chapters.

Part 2 goes into depth on properties and classes, which are the core of OWL.
There are detailed descriptions of the main constructs that you are likely
to need in every day modeling, including what inferences are sanctioned.
Each is illustrated with real-world examples.

Part 3 explains and illustrates how to put OWL into practice, using examples
in healthcare, collateral, and financial transactions. A small ontology is
described for each, along with some key inferences. Key limitations of OWL
are identified, along with possible workarounds. The final chapter gives a
variety of practical tips and guidelines to send the reader on their way.

Table of Contents: Forward by Dave McComb / Foreword by Mark A. Musen /
Preface / Acknowledgments / Part 1: Introducing OWL / Getting Started: What
Do We Need to Say? / How Do We Say it in OWL? / Fundamentals: Meaning,
Semantics, and Sets / Part 2: Going into Depth: Properties and Classes /
Properties / Classes / Part 3: Using OWL in Practice / More Examples / OWL
Limitations / Go Forth and Ontologize / Appendices / Author Biography /
Index

 

 

Series: Synthesis Lectures on the Semantic Web: Theory and Technology

Editors: Ying Ding, Indiana University

Paul Groth, Elsevier Labs

 
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