[topicmapmail] New Semantic Web Book Coming Out

[Murray Altheim]

Thomas B. Passin wrote:
> Well, friends, it is really happening.  Some of you know that I have 
> been working for a long time on a book about the Semantic Web, and it is 
> finally about to be published.  The title of the book is
> 
> Explorer's Guide to the Semantic Web
> 
> It is being published by Manning (www.manning.com).  The publisher just 
> told me that it should be available in electronic form from their web 
> site in about a week, from them in paper in about 3 weeks, and from 
> bookstores in 6-8 weeks.
[...]

Tom,

My congratulations on your upcoming book -- it's certain to be
both interesting and compelling reading for those of us in the
field(s), and you'll certainly find a copy on my bookshelf when
it becomes available (not that it will sit there unread...).

Hopefully it will help reduce some of the the marketing fluff-
style noise surrounding the Semantic Web, provide a focus point
for better integration between the related communities, and spur
many further conversations.

I look forward to its publication, as I'm certain others do too.

Murray

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Murray Altheim                    http://kmi.open.ac.uk/people/murray/
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