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Record Nr.

UNINA9910437573103321

Autore

Halpin Harry

Titolo

Social Semantics [[electronic resource] ] : The Search for Meaning on the Web / / by Harry Halpin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Springer US : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

1-4614-1885-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Semantic Web and Beyond, Computing for Human Experience, , 1559-7474 ; ; 13

Disciplina

300

300.1

300/.1

Soggetti

Application software

Information storage and retrieval

Artificial intelligence

Computers

Computer logic

Natural language processing (Computer science)

Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet)

Information Storage and Retrieval

Artificial Intelligence

History of Computing

Logics and Meanings of Programs

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Architecture of the World Wide Web -- The Semantic Web -- Theories of Semantics on the Web -- The Semantics of Tagging -- The Semantics of Search -- Social Semantics.

Sommario/riassunto

Social Semantics: The Search for Meaning on the Web provides a unique introduction to identity and reference theories of the World Wide Web, through the academic lens of philosophy of language and data-driven statistical models. The Semantic Web is a natural evolution of the Web, and this book covers the URL-based Web architecture and Semantic



Web in detail. It has a robust empirical side which has an impact on industry. Social Semantics: The Search for Meaning on the Web discusses how the largest problem facing the Semantic Web is the problem of identity and reference, and how these are the results of a larger general theory of meaning. This book hypothesizes that statistical semantics can solve these problems, illustrated by case studies ranging from a pioneering study of tagging systems to using the Semantic Web to boost the results of commercial search engines. Social Semantics: The Search for Meaning on the Web targets practitioners working in the related fields of the semantic web, search engines, information retrieval, philosophers of language and more. Advanced-level students and researchers focusing on computer science will also find this book valuable as a secondary text or reference book.