文档介绍：Visualizing the Semantic Web
Vladimir Geroimenko and Chaomei Chen (Eds)
Visualizing the
Semantic Web
XML-Based and Information Visualization
Second Edition
With 108 Illustrations
Vladimir Geroimenko, DSc, PhD, MSc
School puting, Communication & Electronics
University of Plymouth
UK
Chaomei Chen, PhD, MSc, BSc
College of Information Science and Technology
Drexel University
USA
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ISBN-10: 1-85233-976-4
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1st edition published in 2003 ISBN 1-85233-576-9
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Preface
The Semantic Web is a vision that has sparked a wide-ranging enthusiasm for a new
generation of the Web. The Semantic Web is happening. The central idea of that
vision is to make the W