Recommend a Semantic Web book?

Question

I've looked around but most books seem to fall into one of two categories:

1. Either the book talks about SW technologies but doesn't teach you how to use them
2. Or the book is geared for very complex data modeling and ontology creation.

Worse, many of those books are outdated.

I'm looking for an up-to-date book that teaches technologies like RDF, SPARQL, RDFS, and GDDRL- and frameworks to make use of them. Any recommendations?

Answer 1

Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist: Effective Modeling in RDFS and OWL

Answer 2

I saw that but it looked like it was geared for sophisticated data modelers.

Answer 3

A very recently published book is "Semantic Web Programming" by John Hebeler et. al who take a very programtic approach in showing what you can actually dowith semantic web technologies and how you can solve real problems. Yes, there is a theoretical introduction of the toolstack, but the authors also discuss programming frameworks etc., practical ontology mapping and data mashup and develop a semantic sample application to illustrate many of the principles they are talking about with real code.

A great and very pragmatic approach to semantic web development.

Answer 4

Here's a bunch of recommendations.

Answer 5

Programming the Semantic Web by Toby Segaran just came out recently. It's a good combo of theoretical and practical advice on the subject. He's a great teacher and the book is appropriate for all audiences.