Technological Subject: Peer-2-peer and the Semantic Web - knowledge sharing with topic maps and ontologies
Homepage: swap.semanticweb.org
Partially funded by: Funded by the European Commission - IST-2001-34103
Objective/Scope:
SWAP combines two highly successful technologies, viz. Semantic Web and Peer-to-peer computing. SWAP will develop the technology that is necessary to allow users their individual views on knowledge AND let them share knowledge effectively. In order to allow for individual views, every user's PC is treated as a peer and every user may ask queries to the network of peers. In order to actually find the right piece of knowledge, SWAP employs Semantic Web technology. Current peer-to-peer technology only allows for keyword search and lacks the semantics that is necessary for effective, precise knowledge sharing. Current knowledge repositories lack the capability to provide really individual views in a decentralized framework with low administration overhead. SWAP will produce both.
Partners:
Universitiy of Karlsruhe (D)
VU Amsterdam (NL)
META4 (ES)
empolis UK
empolis Polska
Aidministrator (Netherlands)
Interbis (ES)
Dresdner Bank (D)
