Recently, we have seen an explosion of interest in ontologies as artifacts to represent
human knowledge and as critical components in knowledge management, the semantic …

The next Web generation promises to deliver Semantic Web Services (SWS); services that
are self-described and amenable to automated discovery, composition and invocation. A …

Smart speakers such as Alexa and Google Home introduced Artificial Intelligence (AI) in
millions soon billions of households, making AI an everyday experience. We can now look …

Due to the web services' heterogeneous nature, which stems from the definition of several
XML-based standards to overcome platform and language dependence, web services have …

The potential to achieve dynamic, scalable and cost-effective marketplaces and eCommerce
solutions has driven recent research efforts towards so-called Semantic Web Services that …

The paper presents a framework for introducing design patterns that facilitate or improve the
techniques used during ontology lifecycle. Some distinctions are drawn between kinds of …

Writing the preface for a book feels good, because once you find yourself in a situation to
write tiie preface, it usually means that you have already written the rest of the book. Writing …

Web services offer an interoperability model that abstracts from the idiosyncrasies of specific
implementations; they were introduced to address the increasing need for seamless …

Grid computing offers significant enhancements to our capabilities for computation,
information processing, and collaboration, and has exciting ambitions in many fields of …

So often it is pots that are used to explore social interactions of the past. Yet in so many
cultures, ships and boats have acquired such a prominent symbolic profile, it might be …