Semantic Web Applications for the Social Sciences

IASSIST Quarterly 2013 7 Abstract In recent years, Semantic Web technologies have matured and have made their way into various domains – for example, bioinformatics and eGovernment -where they are used in different applications to provide value-added services for users. In this paper, we present an overview of several representative applications that use Semantic Web technologies and show the potential of these technologies in the Linked Data world. We then present existing Semantic Web applications specifically for the social sciences and highlight their impact on this domain. Integrating the Semantic Web vision into the social sciences results in clear benefits, which we identify and discuss.