Från luddig verklighet till strikt formalism : Utveckling av en metod för den semantiska webben

Sammanfattning: Internet is the world’s largest source of information, and it is expanding every day. It is possible to find all kind of information as long as you know how and where to look for it, but still it is only the words itself that are searched for. We have with this essay tried to find an approach that makes it possible to give the word a meaning or a context. We have, as a starting point used the Socrates method, which is a method that breaks down texts into its smallest elements and forms activities. We have redone these activities to ontologies by forming general and specific descriptions of the activities. The ontologies are meant to create a common language for as well humans as computers, where meaning and context are built in. After we have created our ontologies we used Web Ontology Language, OWL, which is the ontology language that is considered being closest to a standard. It has been developed for the semantic web, and that is the ultimate objective of our essay. The semantic web is meant to be an extension of the existing web, and it will include comprehension for computers. We have become conscious that the semantic web would be a great improvement for both humans and computers, since it will be a lot easier to find the information you are looking for.