Visualizing the semantic Web

This pioneering book deals specifically with the visualization of the Second-Generation Web. Now in its second edition it has been completely revised and updated, and includes extensive new material. It focuses on key topics including: • Visualization of semantic and structural information and metadata in the context of the emerging Semantic Web • Ontology-based information visualization and the use of graphically represented ontologies • Semantic visualizations using topic maps and graph techniques • Web Services, e-commerce and web search applications • Recommender systems for filtering and recommending on the Semantic Web • SVG and X3D as new XML-based languages for 2D and 3D visualisations • Methods used to construct and visualize high quality metadata and ontologies • Navigating and exploring XML documents using interactive multimedia interfaces • The use of semantic association networks as well as social networks on the Second-Generation Web • Semantically enhanced solutions for the medical community • Semantic-oriented use of existing visualization methods The design of visual interfaces for e-commerce and information retrieval is currently a challenging area of practical we