Abstract
Semantic Web is the extension of current Web in which information is given well defined meaning better enabling computer and people to work in cooperation. It has a layered architecture. Various layers in the architecture follow the principles of downward compatibility and upward partial understanding. Among others, some of the Semantic Web languages are RDF, RDF-S, DAML-ONT (DARPA Agent Markup Language—Ontology), OIL (Ontology Inference Layer), DAML + OIL, OWL (Web Ontology Language), DAML-S, and OWL-S. Semantic Web Services can be obtained from the augmentation of web service through semantic annotations. Various services related processes are service discovery, selection, composition, invocation and monitoring. In this chapter, a very brief introduction of some of the basic topics related to Semantic Web has been given.
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Kumar, S. (2012). Introduction. In: Agent-Based Semantic Web Service Composition. SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4663-7_1
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