Introduction - Special Issue Reasoning with Context in the Semantic Web

Abstract

This Special Issue on Reasoning with Context in the Semantic Web collects ten articles that shed direct or indirect light on the role of context in Semantic Web theories and applications. Context has become a key-factor for the realization of the Semantic Web. There is a growing need for general and robust modeling and reasoning techniques that make it possible to handle the heterogeneity of knowledge, for instance, in situations where the same term has dierent meanings in dierent domains. Also the homogeneity of knowledge requires a context-based treatment, for instance, in situations where dierent terms have the same meaning in dierent domains, or where they may be seen as representing a coherent sub-domain.