Semantic Web Technologies and Legal Scholarly Publishing (Law, Governance and Technology Series Book 15)

La 4e de couverture indique : "This work deals with the applications of Semantic Publishing technologies in the legal domain, i.e., the use of Semantic Web technologies to address issues related to the Legal Scholarly Publishing. Research in the field of Law has a long tradition in the application of semantic technologies, such as Semantic Web and Linked Data, to real-world scenarios. This book investigates and proposes solutions for three main issues that Semantic Publishing needs to address within the context of the Legal Scholarly Publishing: the need of tools for linking document text to a formal representation of its meaning; the lack of complete metadata schemas for describing documents according to the publishing vocabulary and the absence of effective tools and user interfaces for easily acting on semantic publishing models and theories. In particular, this work introduces EARMARK, a markup meta language that allows one to create markup documents without the structural and semantic limits imposed by markup languages such as XML. EARMARK is a platform to link the content layer of a document with its intended formal semantics and it can be used with the Semantic Publishing and Referencing (SPAR) Ontologies, another topic in this book. SPAR Ontologies are a collection of formal models providing an upper semantic layer for describing the publishing domain. Using EARMARK as a foundation for SPAR descriptions opens up to a semantic characterisation of all the aspects of a document and of its parts. Finally, four user-friendly tools are introduced: LODE, KC-Viz, Graffoo and Gaffe. They were expressly developed to facilitate the interaction of publishers and domain experts with Semantic Publishing technologies by shielding such users from the underlying formalisms and semantic models of such technologies." This Book Introduces Theories, Formalisms And Applications That Permit Effective Interaction Between Legal Scholarly Documents And Their Related Semantic And Formal Descriptions, Using The Semantic Technologies That Have Been Employed To Create The Semantic Web And Linked Data. Such An Application Of Semantic Web Technologies To The World Of Documents And Publishing Is Here Termed Semantic Publishing. Research And Publishing In Law Have A Long Tradition Of Applying Such Semantic Technologies To Real-world Scenarios. In This Context, The Aim Of This Book Is To Describe And Propose Solutions To Three Of The Main Issues Faced By The Application Of Semantic Publishing Within The Context Of The Legal Scholarly Documents, Namely: The Need For Tools To Link Document Text To A Formal Representation Of Its Meaning; The Requirement For Complete Metadata Schemas/ontologies That Can Be Used To Describe Documents Using The Language And Vocabulary Of The World Of Publishing; And The Demand For Effective User Interfaces That Permit Such Tools And Schemas To Be Applied In Practice--page Ix. Silvio Peroni. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Content: Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii Introduction....Pages 1-6 The Digital Publishing Revolution....Pages 7-43 Markup Beyond the Trees....Pages 45-93 Markup Semantics and Quality Evaluation of Legal Drafting....Pages 95-120 The Semantic Publishing and Referencing Ontologies....Pages 121-193 Semantic Data Interfaces for the Masses....Pages 195-256 Conclusions....Pages 257-262 Back Matter....Pages 263-304