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ICCS 2011: Conceptual Structures for Discovering Knowledge pp 1–18Cite as

Semantic Technologies for Enterprises

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After being mainly a research topic, semantic technologies (ST) have reached an inflection point in the market. This paper discusses the benefits (data integration and federation, agile schema development, semantic and collaborative / social computing search capabilities) and costs (namely technical, modeling, measuring and educational challenges) of Semantic Technologies with respect to their utilization in enterprises.

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  1. SAP Research Dresden, Germany

    Frithjof Dau

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  1. Sheffield Hallam University, 153 Arundel St., S1 2NU, Sheffield, UK

    Simon Andrews , Simon Polovina  & Babak Akhgar ,  & 

  2. University of Derby, Kedleston Road, DE22 1GB, Derby, UK

    Richard Hill

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Dau, F. (2011). Semantic Technologies for Enterprises. In: Andrews, S., Polovina, S., Hill, R., Akhgar, B. (eds) Conceptual Structures for Discovering Knowledge. ICCS 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6828. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22688-5_1

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