The University of Southampton
University of Southampton Institutional Repository

The Semantics of Semantic Annotation

The Semantics of Semantic Annotation
The Semantics of Semantic Annotation
Semantic metadata will play a significant role in the provision of the Semantic Web. Agents will need metadata that describes the content of resources in order to perform operations, such as retrieval, over those resources. In addition, if rich semantic metadata is supplied, those agents can then employ reasoning over the metadata, enhancing their processing power. Key to this approach is the provision of annotations, both through automatic and human means. The semantics of these annotations, however, in terms of the mechanisms through which they are interpreted and presented to the user, are sometimes unclear. In this paper, we identify a number of candidate interpretations of annotation, and discuss the impact these interpretations may have on Semantic Web applications.
semantic web, annotation
1151-1167
Bechhofer, Sean
67752347-1cb9-417f-937b-57923052c122
Carr, Les
0572b10e-039d-46c6-bf05-57cce71d3936
Goble, Carol
108960e7-7300-4879-a91b-0c8cff824562
Kampa, Simon
c7d25a13-c7a1-4424-a5ea-3162c71a62e6
Miles-Board, Timothy
b49521d8-0f10-4e83-adbb-b0c87a5cee99
Bechhofer, Sean
67752347-1cb9-417f-937b-57923052c122
Carr, Les
0572b10e-039d-46c6-bf05-57cce71d3936
Goble, Carol
108960e7-7300-4879-a91b-0c8cff824562
Kampa, Simon
c7d25a13-c7a1-4424-a5ea-3162c71a62e6
Miles-Board, Timothy
b49521d8-0f10-4e83-adbb-b0c87a5cee99

Bechhofer, Sean, Carr, Les, Goble, Carol, Kampa, Simon and Miles-Board, Timothy (2002) The Semantics of Semantic Annotation. First International Conference on Ontologies, Databases, and Applications of Semantics for Large Scale Information Systems, Irvine, California. pp. 1151-1167 .

Record type: Conference or Workshop Item (Other)

Abstract

Semantic metadata will play a significant role in the provision of the Semantic Web. Agents will need metadata that describes the content of resources in order to perform operations, such as retrieval, over those resources. In addition, if rich semantic metadata is supplied, those agents can then employ reasoning over the metadata, enhancing their processing power. Key to this approach is the provision of annotations, both through automatic and human means. The semantics of these annotations, however, in terms of the mechanisms through which they are interpreted and presented to the user, are sometimes unclear. In this paper, we identify a number of candidate interpretations of annotation, and discuss the impact these interpretations may have on Semantic Web applications.

Text
annotation.pdf - Other
Download (973kB)

More information

Published date: 2002
Venue - Dates: First International Conference on Ontologies, Databases, and Applications of Semantics for Large Scale Information Systems, Irvine, California, 2002-01-01
Keywords: semantic web, annotation
Organisations: Web & Internet Science

Identifiers

Local EPrints ID: 256978
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/256978
PURE UUID: 942407aa-6d2f-48aa-b428-650cca9b63be
ORCID for Les Carr: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2113-9680

Catalogue record

Date deposited: 04 Dec 2002
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:33

Export record

Contributors

Author: Sean Bechhofer
Author: Les Carr ORCID iD
Author: Carol Goble
Author: Simon Kampa
Author: Timothy Miles-Board

Download statistics

Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.

View more statistics

Atom RSS 1.0 RSS 2.0

Contact ePrints Soton: eprints@soton.ac.uk

ePrints Soton supports OAI 2.0 with a base URL of http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/cgi/oai2

This repository has been built using EPrints software, developed at the University of Southampton, but available to everyone to use.

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we will assume that you are happy to receive cookies on the University of Southampton website.

×