Abstract
The Web has introduced new paradigms in the way data and services are accessed. The recent burst of Web technologies has enabled a novel computing paradigm: Internet computing. This new computing paradigm has, in turn, enabled a new range of applications built around Web technologies. These Webenabled applications, or simply Web applications, cover almost every aspect of our everyday life (e.g., email, e-shopping, and e-learning). Digital Government (DG) is a major class of Web applications. This chapter has a twofold objective. It first provides an overview of DG and the key issues and challenges in building DG infrastructures. The second part of the chapter is a description of WebDG, an experimental DG infrastructure built around distributed ontologies and Web services.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Practical Handbook of Internet Computing |
| Publisher | CRC Press |
| Pages | 2-1-2-18 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780203507223 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0584883812, 9781584883814 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |