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Chapter.I<br />

Semant cs for <strong>the</strong> Semant c <strong>Web</strong><br />

<strong>Semantic</strong>s.for.<strong>the</strong>.<br />

<strong>Semantic</strong>.<strong>Web</strong>:<br />

The.Implicit,.<strong>the</strong>.Formal,............<br />

and.<strong>the</strong>.Powerful<br />

Am t Sheth, Un vers ty <strong>of</strong> Georg a, USA<br />

Cart c Ramakr shnan, Un vers ty <strong>of</strong> Georg a, USA<br />

Chr stopher Thomas, Un vers ty <strong>of</strong> Georg a, USA<br />

Abstract<br />

Enabling applications that exploit heterogeneous data in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Semantic</strong> <strong>Web</strong> will require<br />

us to harness a broad variety <strong>of</strong> semantics. Considering <strong>the</strong> role <strong>of</strong> semantics in a<br />

number <strong>of</strong> research areas in computer science, we organize semantics in three forms<br />

— implicit, formal, and powerful — and explore <strong>the</strong>ir roles in enabling some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

key capabilities related to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Semantic</strong> <strong>Web</strong>. The central message <strong>of</strong> this article is<br />

that building <strong>the</strong> <strong>Semantic</strong> <strong>Web</strong> purely on description logics will artificially limit its<br />

potential, and that we will need to both exploit well-known techniques that support<br />

implicit semantics, and develop more powerful semantic techniques.<br />

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