International Semantic Web Working Symposium

语义网是一个愿景：在网络上定义和链接数据的想法，它可以被计算机使用，不仅用于显示目的，而且用于自动化，集成和跨各种应用程序的数据重用。国际语义网工作研讨会（SWWS）（7月30日至8月1日，斯坦福大学，加州）是汇集研究人员和从业人员（1）目前的最先进的语义网的发展;（2）检查的研究问题，涉及到什么构成语义网技术的不同组成部分;（3）在不同领域之间交流语义Web信息系统开发的思想。SWWS是北美第一个关于这一主题的研讨会，也是第一个由美国和欧洲的三个主要资助机构（即NSF，DARPA和欧盟委员会）赞助或合作的研讨会。它还与W3C语义Web活动有着密切的联系。研讨会的预期成果是为那些希望为语义网开发新的令人兴奋的基本技术和应用程序的人提供更好的共同知识和协同作用。它应指导未来的合作，使未来的标准能够在世界范围内获得通过。研讨会结束后将编写一份书面报告，总结主要结论和研究方向，报告将在http://www.semanticweb.org/SWWS/上发表。我们希望这次研讨会和后续报告可以作为指导未来的国际合作研究项目的语义Web主题。

The Semantic Web is a vision: the idea of having data on the Web defined and linked in a way that it can be used by computers not just for display purposes, but for automation, integration and reuse of data across various applications. The goal of the International Semantic Web Working Symposium (SWWS) (July 30-August 1, Stanford, California) is to bring together researchers and practitioners (1) to present the state-of-the-art in the development of the Semantic Web; (2) to examine the research issues that relate to the different components of what constitutes the Semantic Web technology; (3) to cross-fertilize ideas on the development of Semantic Web information systems among different domains. SWWS is both the first workshop on this topic in North America and the first one sponsored or in corporation with three major funding agencies from the U.S. and from Europe, namely NSF, DARPA, and the European Commission. It also has strong ties with the W3C Semantic Web Activity. The expected outcome of the workshop is a better common knowledge and synergy for those wishing to develop new exciting basic technology and applications for the Semantic Web. It should guide the future cooperation for enabling future standards to be adopted worldwide. A written report will be produced following the workshop, summarizing the main conclusions and research directions to follow, which will be published at http://www.semanticweb.org/SWWS/. We expect that this workshop and the follow-up report can serve as guidance for future international collaboration in research projects on the Semantic Web topic.