
Acknowledgments
It is quite impossible to acknowledge all those who made the emergence
of this book possible. The fact that Semantic Web is a success in research,
teaching an d practice has to be attributed to the ongoing efforts of the growing
number of researchers and practitioners in the field, many of whom we know
personally and mee t frequently at international conferences. Their excellent
work is the foundation of th is b ook.
We thank Randi Cohen of Taylor & Francis for her support in bringing this
book into existence.
We thank the students of the lectures this book is based on for their con-
structive feedback.
We thank our colleagues at AIFB
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