Building Expert Profiles Models Applying Semantic Web Technologies

Abstract

Semantic Web (SW) is an emerging research field that has application in different domains such as e-government services, richly interlinked library systems, Web search engines, enterprise knowledge stores, and other. The term “Semantic Web” refers to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) vision of the Web of linked data (called also the Web of Data) as “...an extension of the current Web in which information is given a well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation” (Berners-Lee, Hendler, & Lassila, 2001). Since then, many specifications, guidelines, languages, and tools have been developed that facilitate software development, improve performance and create new business opportunities.