Foundations for the web of information and services

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In the mid-1990s, Tim Berners-Lee envisioned transforming the World Wide Web into a "Semantic Web," enabling machines to interpret information for automatic data exploitation. Professor Rudi Studer was among the first to explore this concept, spearheading projects like ONTOBROKER and On-to-Knowledge, which contributed to W3C standards such as RDF and OWL. By the late 1990s, Rudi established a research group at the University of Karlsruhe, which became a pivotal center for Semantic Web research, influencing many prominent research groups founded by his students or through collaboration. This book, celebrating Rudi’s 60th birthday, features reflections from numerous colleagues on the significant research achievements of the past two decades. Edited by Dieter Fensel, one of Rudi’s early PhD students, it includes contributions from an impressive array of experts in Knowledge Management, Ontology Engineering, Service Management, and Semantic Search. Overall, it offers a comprehensive overview of the current state of Semantic Web research, blending historical insights with contemporary developments, and aims to fulfill the vision of a “Web of knowledge, software, and services.”