Reviews for The Semantic Web: A Guide to the Future of XML, Web Services and Knowledge Management

1. recommended, first one to read

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, May 12nd, 2009

   I was recommended this book by a colleague, who said it was still great although a bit dated (2003 ;-) in this fast evolving field. THere're now many tomes on the topic, but I concur with my friend: I would say this book is the "first one to read" (although I have not read all the books on this, just a few recent ones). It covers the basics, the why and how, as the how was seen in 2003. It's good to have this perspective if you are a newcomer, because it gives a slow and solid introduction to the stuff now used abd covered in overwhelming detail in other recent books.
   Plus they are asking a fair price for the book. Buy it.