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The Semantic Web is a Web defined and linked in a way that it can be used by machines not just for display purposes, but also for automation, integration and reuse of data across various applications. In order for computers to provide more help to people, the Semantic Web augments the current Web with formalized knowledge and data that can be processed by computers. It thus needs a language for expressing knowledge. This knowledge is used to describe the content of information sources, through ontologies, and the condition of operation of Web services. This work presents the state-of-the-art i

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“Evolve or perish” – this is the motto for living systems. Judging by this saying, the Web is alive and well: new sites and business ideas are coming online almost daily and are able to attract millions of users often. The more recently coined term “Web 2.0” summarizes many of the new developments, capturing efforts making the Web more interactive (like Ajax), more collaborative (like Wikis), or more relationship oriented (like online social networks), aiming to partially fulfill the original promise of the Web. These new Web developments offer an opportunity and challenge for the Semantic Web: what previously manifested itself mostly in “dry” specifications is now becoming the foundation for information exchange on the Web, creating a shared semantic information space. These and other challenges have been picked up by several hundred computer scientists, developers, vendors, government workers, venture capitalists, students, and users, gathered in Athens, Atlanta, USA, November 5–9, 2006, for the Fifth International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2006). Building on previous successful meetings in Sardinia, Sanibel Island, Hiroshima, and Galway, this sixth annual conference demonstrates new research results, technology, and applications that show current incarnations of the Semantic Web. Especially encouraging is the shift towards more applications—whereas the Research Track attracted roughly as many papers as in the previous year, the contributions submitted to the In-Use Track doubled.

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This book provides critical perspectives on contemporary collaborative consumption, a recent societal phenomenon shaking up previously fixed socio-economic categories such as the producer and the consumer. The contributors discuss the role of trust and reciprocity in collaborative consumption through seven case studies. The chapters advance debates on the contradictions of positioning collaborative consumption as possible solutions for a more sustainable development and exacerbating new forms of inequalities and injustice. The book contributes a nuanced appraisal of social and economic activity for reflecting socio-technological changes in contemporary societies. Content Reciprocity in the sharing economy: the case for time banking platforms • Collective representation on collaborative economy platforms • “Foodsharing”: Reflecting on individualized collective action in a collaborative consumption community organization • Riding free-riders? A study of the phenomenon of BlaBlaCar in Italy • The sharing economy and young people: an exploratory research project • Collaborative consumption and trust-building processes in the emerging new food economy • Shared use and owning of clothes: borrow, steal or inherit The Editors Isabel Cruz, Institute of Sociology at the Faculty of Letters at the University of Porto. Rafaela Ganga, Research Associate at the Institute of Cultural Capital (ICC) at the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University. Stefan Wahlen, Assistant Professor for "Consumption Governance" at the Sociology of Consumption and Households group at Wageningen University. .

Social sciences. --- Sustainable development. --- Economic sociology. --- Sociology --- Social Sciences. --- Research Methodology. --- Consumer Behavior. --- Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology. --- Sustainable Development. --- Sociological research --- Economic sociology --- Economics --- Socio-economics --- Socioeconomics --- Sociology of economics --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Research. --- Social aspects --- Environmental aspects --- Consumption (Economics) --- Econometric models. --- Sociology-Research. --- Motivation research (Marketing). --- Advertising --- Marketing research --- Motivation (Psychology) --- Research --- Psychological aspects --- Sociology—Research.

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This book provides critical perspectives on contemporary collaborative consumption, a recent societal phenomenon shaking up previously fixed socio-economic categories such as the producer and the consumer. The contributors discuss the role of trust and reciprocity in collaborative consumption through seven case studies. The chapters advance debates on the contradictions of positioning collaborative consumption as possible solutions for a more sustainable development and exacerbating new forms of inequalities and injustice. The book contributes a nuanced appraisal of social and economic activity for reflecting socio-technological changes in contemporary societies. Content Reciprocity in the sharing economy: the case for time banking platforms • Collective representation on collaborative economy platforms • “Foodsharing”: Reflecting on individualized collective action in a collaborative consumption community organization • Riding free-riders? A study of the phenomenon of BlaBlaCar in Italy • The sharing economy and young people: an exploratory research project • Collaborative consumption and trust-building processes in the emerging new food economy • Shared use and owning of clothes: borrow, steal or inherit The Editors Isabel Cruz, Institute of Sociology at the Faculty of Letters at the University of Porto. Rafaela Ganga, Research Associate at the Institute of Cultural Capital (ICC) at the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University. Stefan Wahlen, Assistant Professor for "Consumption Governance" at the Sociology of Consumption and Households group at Wageningen University. .

Science --- Sociology --- Economics --- Production management --- Consumer behavior --- Market research --- sociologie --- economie --- onderzoeksmethoden --- consumentengedrag --- consumptie --- duurzame ontwikkeling --- marktonderzoek

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Geographic information systems --- Geographical perception --- Space perception