Table of Contents
List of Figures
Introduction to the White Paper Series
1.0 Executive Summary
2.0 Introduction to Semantic Computing

		2.1 Semantic Conflicts within the Enterprise

		2.2 Semantic Issues within the World Wide Web

		2.3 Key Capabilities of Semantic Technologies

		2.4 Semantic Technologies vs. Semantic Web Technologies

3.0 The Vision of the Semantic Web

		3.1 What the Semantic Web Is and Is Not

		3.2 Near-term Benefits

4.0 Key Concepts

		4.1 Richer Data, More Flexible Associations, and Evolvable Schemas

		4.2 Forms of Data

		4.3 Metadata

		4.3.1 Standards

		4.4 Semantic Models (Taxonomies and Ontologies)

		4.4.1 Standards

5.0 Core Building Blocks

		5.1 Semantic Web Wedding Cake

		5.2 Languages

		5.2.1 XML (eXtensible Markup Language)

		5.2.2 RDF (Resource Description Framework)

		5.2.3 OWL (Web Ontology Language)

		5.2.4 Other Language Development Efforts

6.0 Semantic Tools and Components

		6.1 Metadata Publishing and Management Tools

		6.2 Modeling Tools (Ontology creation and modification)

		6.3 Ontologies

		6.4 Mapping Tools (Ontology population)

		6.5 Data Stores

		6.6 Mediation Engines

		6.7 Inference Engines

		6.8 Other Components

7.0 Applications of Semantic Technologies

		7.1 Semantic Web Services

		7.2 Semantic Interoperability

		7.3 Intelligent Search

8.0 Additional Topics
9.0 References
10. Endnotes
Appendix A: Organizational Charters
Appendix B: Glossary
Appendix C: Types of Semantic Conflicts
 
Case Studies (Not Part of Module 1)