Knowledge Web

Knowledge Web was a research project funded by European Commission 6th Framework Programme.

Brief Description

The mission of KnowledgeWeb is to strengthen the European industry and service providers in one of the most important areas of current computer technology: Semantic Web enabled E-work and E-commerce. The project concentrates its efforts around the outreach of this technology to industry. Naturally, this includes education and research efforts to ensure the durability of impact and support of industry. Therefore, Knowledge Web devotes its efforts to the following main areas:

• Outreach to Industry  The main objective of Knowledge Web's outreach to industry area is to promote greater awareness and faster take-up of Semantic Web technology within Europe in full synergy with the research activity. This outreach will help to reduce time needed to transfer the technology to industry and to market.
• Outreach to Education  Knowledge Web aims to work towards the establishment of a European Association for Semantic Web Education (EASE), which will act as the principal focus for educational activities on Semantic Web.
• Coordination of Research  The objective of Knowledge Web will be to ensure that the research as performed by the leading groups in this area will be sufficiently coordinated to avoid both duplication and fragmentation. Such coordination is particularly important for the Semantic Web: since it is an inter-disciplinary area, joint collaborations among and across various research communities is necessary. The objective of Knowledge Web is to coordinate the European research effort to make Semantic Web and Semantic Web Services a reality.

The Knowledge Web consortium is coordinated by the University of Innsbruck, Austria and consists of 18 leading partners in Semantic Web, Multimedia, Human Language Technology, Workflow and Agents. Knowledge Web is a member of the ESSI project cluster, which seeks to strengthen European research and industry in Semantic Web technologies.