Semantic Web and Peer-to-Peer

Peer-to-Peer and Semantic Web.- Peer-to-Peer and Semantic Web.- Data Storage and Access.- An RDF Query and Transformation Language.- RDF and Traditional Query Architectures.- Query Processing in RDF/S-Based P2P Database Systems.- Querying the Network.- Cayley DHTs - A Group-Theoretic Framework for Analyzing DHTs Based on Cayley Graphs.- Semantic Query Routing in Unstructured Networks Using Social Metaphors.- Expertise-Based Peer Selection.- Personalized Information Access in a Bibliographic Peer-to-Peer System.- Designing Semantic Publish/Subscribe Networks Using Super-Peers.- Semantic Integration.- Semantic Coordination of Heterogeneous Classifications Schemas.- Semantic Mapping by Approximation.- Satisficing Ontology Mapping.- Scalable, Peer-Based Mediation Across XML Schemas and Ontologies.- Semantic Gossiping: Fostering Semantic Interoperability in Peer Data Management Systems.- Methodology and Systems.- A Methodology for Distributed Knowledge Management Using Ontologies and Peer-to-Peer.- Distributed Engineering of Ontologies (DILIGENT).- A Peer-to-Peer Solution for Distributed Knowledge Management.- Xarop, a Semantic Peer-to-Peer System for a Virtual Organization.- Bibster - A Semantics-Based Bibliographic Peer-to-Peer System.

PD Dr. Steffen Staab is a senior lecturer in applied computer science at the University of Karlsruhe. He has earned a M.S.E. from University of Pennsylvania, a Dr. rer. nat. from University of Freiburg and his habilitation from University of Karlsruhe. He has done research in the fields of computational linguistics, text mining, ontology engineering, knowledge management, and peer-to-peer. He has co-authored over 120 refereed publications and published 7 books, including a Handbook on Ontologies. In 1999, Steffen Staab has co-founded Ontoprise, the first Semantic Web company. He serves on the editorial board of IEEE Intelligent Systems, Journal of Web Semantics, Journal of Human-Computer Studies and Journal of Information Technology and Tourism. Steffen Staab has co-chaired a large number of workshops and several conferences. Recently, he serves as an area chair of ECAI-2004, Semantic Web track chair of WWW-2005, and co-chair of STAIRS-2004.