Semantic.Web.for.the.Working.Ontologist.-.Allemang.&.Hendler,.2ed,.Elsevier,2011.pdf

Semantic Web for the
Working Ontologist
Second Edition
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Semantic Web for the
Working Ontologist
Effective Modeling in RDFS and OWL
Second Edition
Dean Allemang
Jim Hendler
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