Databases and the Web Books

Book SynopsisTable of ContentsDedication List of cases List of abbreviations Preface Acknowledgments About the author Chapter 1: The Chinese legal system Abstract: The sources of law The court system The legal procedure Finding the law Chapter 2: Regulating the Internet Abstract: Internet basics Legal regulation Administrative licensing Other regulatory issues Chapter 3: Internet speech Abstract: Freedom of speech Risks to national security Threats to social order Damage to reputation Chapter 4: Privacy interests Abstract: Introduction to privacy law Invasion of privacy claims Specific online privacy issues Chapter 5: Proprietary interests Abstract: Copyright Trademarks Patents Appendix: Constitution of the People’s Republic of China Index

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive resource on semantic modeling, for practitioners in health care, artificial intelligence, finance, engineering, military intelligence, enterprise architecture, and more. Focused on developing useful and reusable models, it explains how to build semantic content (ontologies) and how to build applications that access that content.Trade Review"Overall, this book provides a thorough and cogent introduction to the semantic Web. Giving just enough philosophical background, the authors focus on the practical aspects of constructing data stores and applications. This blend of philosophy and practical descriptions leads the reader to anticipate how the standards of the semantic Web should work before the standards are described. As a result, the reader is likely to feel that the semantic Web works just as it should." --Computing Reviews "Allemang, a scientist at a company that consults, trains, and provides products for the Semantic Web, and Hendler (computer and cognitive science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) explain how web developers who are practitioners in another field, such as health care, finance, engineering, national intelligence, and enterprise architecture, can model data to fit the requirements of the Semantic Web. They detail how to construct semantic models, with a focus on the use of RDF (Resource Description Framework), RDFS (RDF schema), and OWL (Web Ontology Language) to accomplish specific tasks and model data and domains. This edition has been updated to incorporate new technologies such as SPARQL (SPARQL Protocol And RDF Query Language), OWL 2.0, and SKOS (Simple Knowledge Organization System). They include examples of Quantities, Units, Dimensions, and Types (QUDT) and The Open Biological and Biomedical Ontologies (OBO), as well as examples of how to use the Semantic Web to solve common modeling problems and a FAQ section on challenges." --SciTech Book News "Overall, this is an easy-to-follow guide to the basic concepts related to building semantic Web ontologies. The book flows well from chapter to chapter, and the many examples illustrate the different topics. For beginners, it’s an excellent introduction to the subject, which is exactly what the authors intended…" --Computing Reviews.comTable of Contents1. What Is The Semantic Web?2. Semantic Modeling3. RDF – The Basis of the Semantic Web4. SPARQL – The Query Language for RDF5. Semantic Web Application Architecture6. RDF And Inferencing7. RDF Schema Language8. RDFS-Plus9. SKOS – the Simple Knowledge Organization System10. Ontologies in the Wild: Linked Open Data and the Open Graph Project11. Basic OWL12. Counting and Sets In OWL 13. MORE Ontologies in the Wild: QUDT, GoodRelations, and OBO Foundry14. Good and Bad Modeling Practices 15. OWL 2.0 Levels and Logic16. Conclusions17. Frequently Asked Questions

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book should be a required read for system administrators and infosec pros in general, as it gives a sobering overview of what type of information that should not be publicly available can be found online - if you know how to look for it." --Help Net SecurityTable of ContentsChapter 1 Google Searching Basics Chapter 2 Advanced Operators Chapter 3 Google Hacking Basics – The new location of the GHDB Chapter 4 Document Grinding and Database Digging – Finding Reports Generated By Security Scanners and Back-Up Files Chapter 5 Google’s Part in an Information Collection Framework Chapter 6 Locating Exploits and Finding Targets Chapter 7 Ten Simple Security Searches That Work Chapter 8 Tracking Down Web Servers, Login Portals, and Network Hardware - Finding Sensitive WordPress and SSH Configuration Chapter 9 Usernames, Passwords, and Secret Stuff, Oh My! – Finding GitHub, SQL, Gmail, Facebook, and other Passwords Chapter 10 Hacking Google Services Chapter 11 Google Hacking Showcase Chapter 12 Protecting Yourself from Google Hackers Chapter 13 Scripting Google Hacking For Better Searching Chapter 14 Using Google Hacking with Other Web Search Engines and APIs

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Our Perception is Biased 2. Our Vision is Optimized to See Structure 3. We Seek and Use Visual Structure 4. Our Color Vision is Limited 5. Our Peripheral Vision is Poor 6. Reading is Unnatural 7. Our Attention is Limited; Our Memory is Imperfect 8. Limits on Attention Shape Our Thought and Action 9. Recognition is Easy; Recall is Hard 10. Learning from Experience and Performing Learned Actions are Easy; Problem Solving and Calculation are Hard 11. Many Factors Affect Learning 12. Human Decision-Making is Rarely Rational 13. Our Hand-Eye Coordination Follows Laws 14. We Have Time Requirements

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Book SynopsisKnowing various frameworks and methodologies is crucial.â This book takes you one step further by transforming individuals or teams into adaptable problem-solving powerhouses.George Ketsiakidis, Design Researcher, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityGeorge is a master of design process thinking, and it comes out in every word of his writing.Ryan Gerber, Founder, Quest LabsItâs not how much time we spend on design that impacts product and service success: itâs whether that time has been spent on solving the right problems. The field of design, with a greater focus on user-centered design, steadily acquires a central position on the work of product design teams. From large corporate environments to startups, multidisciplinary teams of developers, designers, project managers, and product managers need to find ways to understand each otherâs needs, overcome obstacles, communicate efficiently, and perform, creating products that satisfy their usersâ needs.In an era when the main differentiating factor between products are the teams that created them, George Kalmpourtzisâ Donât Force It, Solve It!: How To Design Meaningful and Efficient Design Processes is the perfect roadmap for navigating the twisting paths of project management and user-centered design.KEY FEATURES:â This book aims at helping software teams work more efficiently by setting up their own design processes. â For organizations, this book helps decode the design processes, allowing them to deliver experiences that address the real problems of their audiences.â This book offers a combination of theory and practice that will help its readers understand how to design efficient processes and apply this knowledge in their own work.â This book includes many insights in the form of colorful doodles. George Kalmpourtzis is an award-winning User Experience & Learning Experience Consultant and Game Designer. Finding himself between the fields of educational technology, design, and game studies, he has been founder, C-level stakeholder, director, and board member of several design studios, startups, and consulting agencies. Trade ReviewKnowing various frameworks and methodologies is crucial, especially if a team has to deal with various design challenges. This book takes you one step further by transforming individuals or teams into adaptable problem-solving powerhouses.George Ketsiakidis, Design Researcher, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityGeorge is a master of design process thinking, and it comes out in every word of his writing. In ‘Don’t force it, Solve it!’ he speaks from his years of hands-on experience, providing tangible steps and methodologies designed to activate creative teams.Ryan Gerber, Founder, Quest LabsTable of ContentsChapter 1 If Only There Was a Way to Make Design More EfficientSection I Don’t Force It, Solve It!Chapter 2 Processes, Humans, and DesignChapter 3 The Biggest Design SecretChapter 4 The Human-Centered ProcessChapter 5 Let’s Make a ProcessChapter 6 The Process CoreChapter 7 Don’t Force It, Play! Chapter 8 An Introduction to Team DynamicsSection II The Design Process RectangleChapter 9 How to Read This SectionChapter 10 Phase 1 – Finding and Understanding Problems Chapter 11 Phase 2 – Coming Up with Problem-Solving StrategiesChapter 12 Phase 3 – Applying and Exploring SolutionsChapter 13 Phase 4 – Assessing Solutions and ProcessesSection III The Creative Stakeholder’s JourneyChapter 14 The Final Chapter

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Book SynopsisThe Semantic Web is an idea of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee that the Web as a whole can be made more intelligent and perhaps even intuitive about how to serve a users needs. Although search engines index much of the Web''s content, they have little ability to select the pages that a user really wants or needs. Berners-Lee foresees a number of ways in which developers and authors, singly or in collaborations, can use self-descriptions and other techniques so that the context-understanding programs can selectively find what users want. The Semantic Web: Crafting Infrastructure for Agency presents a more holistic view of the current state of development and deployment. This a comprehensive reference to the rapidly developing technologies, which are enabling more intelligent and automated transactions over the internet, and a visionary overview of the implications of deploying such a layer of infrastructure. A through examination of the Semantic Web, inclTable of ContentsForeword. Preface. Part I: Content Concepts. 1. Enhancing the Web. 2. Defining the Semantic Web. 3. Web Information Management. 4. Semantic Web Collaboration and Agency. Part II: Current Technology Overview. 5. Languages and Protocols. 6. Ontologies and the Semantic Web. 7. Organizations and Projects. 8. Application and Tools. 9. Examples of Deployed Systems. Part III: Future Potential. 10. The Next Steps. 11. Extending the Concept. Part IV: Appendix Material. Appendix A: Technical Terms and References. Appendix B: Semantic Web Resources. Appendix C: Lists. Index.

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Book SynopsisChampioned by the 3W Consortium, the Semantic Web is a highly significant initiative affecting the future of the World Wide Web. SEKT is a ?12 million EU project with the aim to develop and exploit the knowledge technologies that underlie Next Generation Knowledge Management.Trade Review"The authors have created an easy-to-read, exampled-based book on the semantic Web that will be useful to students, practitioners, researchers, and novices alike. I highly recommend it to all professionals with an interest in this field." (Computing Reviews, March 13, 2008) "…readers interested in developing ontologies for reasoning will get a strong foundation and direction to begin their journeys on the Semantic Web." (CHOICE, March 2007) "…an interesting, well-written computer science textbook that is well worth reading by anyone interested in the semantic Web." (Computing Reviews.com, March 2, 2007) "…a good exposition on the state of the art in semantic Web research." (Computing Reviews.com, January 17, 2007) "…a useful addition to a Semantic Web library." (www.freepint.com, 5th October 2006)Table of ContentsForeword. 1. Introduction. 1.1. Semantic Web Technologies. 1.2. The Goal of the Semantic Web. 1.3. Ontologies and Ontology Languages. 1.4. Creating and Managing Ontologies. 1.5. Using Ontologies. 1.6. Applications. 1.7. Developing the Semantic Web. References. 2. Knowledge Discovery for Ontology Construction. 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. Knowledge Discovery. 2.3. Ontology Definition. 2.4. Methodology for Semi-automatic Ontology Construction. 2.5. Ontology Learning Scenarios. 2.6. Using Knowledge Discovery for Ontology Learning. 2.7. Related Work on Ontology Construction. 2.8. Discussion and Conclusion. Acknowledgments. References. 3. Semantic Annotation and Human Language Technology. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. Information Extraction: A Brief Introduction. 3.3. Semantic Annotation. 3.4. Applying ‘Traditional’ IE in Semantic Web Applications. 3.5. Ontology-based IE. 3.6. Deterministic Ontology Authoring using Controlled Language IE. 3.7. Conclusion. References. 4. Ontology Evolution. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Ontology Evolution: State-of-the-art. 4.3. Logical Architecture. 4.4. Data-driven Ontology Changes. 4.5. Usage-driven Ontology Changes. 4.6. Conclusion. References. 5. Reasoning With Inconsistent Ontologies: Framework, Prototype, and Experiment. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. Brief Survey of Approaches to Reasoning with Inconsistency. 5.3. Brief Survey of Causes for Inconsistency in the Semantic WEB. 5.4. Reasoning with Inconsistent Ontologies. 5.5. Selection Functions. 5.6. Strategies for Selection Functions. 5.7. Syntactic Relevance-Based Selection Functions. 5.8. Prototype of Pion. 5.9. Discussion and Conclusions. Acknowledgment. References. 6. Ontology Mediation, Merging, and Aligning. 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Approaches in Ontology Mediation. 6.3. Mapping and Querying Disparate Knowledge Bases. 6.4. Summary. References. 7. Ontologies for Knowledge Management. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Ontology usage Scenario. 7.3. Terminology. 7.4. Ontologies as RDBMS Schema. 7.5. Topic-ontologies versus Schema-ontologies. 7.6. Proton Ontology. 7.7. Conclusion. References. 8. Semantic Information Access. 8.1. Introduction. 8.2. Knowledge Access and the Semantic WEB. 8.3. Natural Language Generation from Ontologies. 8.4. Device Independence: Information Anywhere. 8.5. SEKTAgent. 8.6. Concluding Remarks. References. 9. Ontology Engineering Methodologies. 9.1. Introduction. 9.2. The Methodology Focus. 9.3. Past and Current Research. 9.4. Diligent Methodology. 9.5. First Lessons Learned. 9.6. Conclusion and Next Steps. References. 10. Semantic Web Services—Approaches and Perspectives. 10.1. Semantic Web Services—A Short Overview. 10.2. The WSMO Approach. 10.3. The OWL-S Approach. 10.4. The SWSF Approach. 10.5. The IRS-III Approach. 10.6. The WSDL-S Approach. 10.7. Semantic Web Services Grounding: The Link Between The SWS and Existing Web Services Standards. 10.8. Conclusions and Outlook. References. 11. Applying Semantic Technology to a Digital Library. 11.1. Introduction. 11.2. Digital Libraries: The State-of-the-art. 11.3. A Case Study: the BT Digital Library. 11.4. The Users’ View. 11.5. Implementing Semantic Technology in a Digital Library. 11.6. Future Directions. References. 12. Semantic Web: A Legal Case Study. 12.1. Introduction. 12.2. Profile of The Users. 12.3. Ontologies for Legal Knowledge. 12.4. Architecture. 12.5. Conclusions. References. 13. A Semantic Service Oriented Architecture for the Telecommunications Industry. 13.1. Introduction. 13.2. Introduction to Service Oriented Architectures. 13.3. A Semantic Service Orientated Architecture. 13.4. Semantic Mediation. 13.5. Standards and Ontologies in Telecommunications. 13.6. Case Study. 13.7. Conclusion. References. 14. Conclusion and Outlook. 14.1. Management of Networked Ontologies. 14.2. Engineering of Networked Ontologies. 14.3. Contextualizing Ontologies. 14.4. Cross Media Resources. 14.5. Social Semantic Desktop. 14.6. Applications. Index.

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Book SynopsisWith the current changes driven by the expansion of the World Wide Web, this book uses a different approach from other books on the market: it applies ontologies to electronically available information to improve the quality of knowledge management in large and distributed organizations.Table of ContentsForeword. Biographies. List of Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction (J. Davies, et al.). OIL and DAML+OIL: Ontology Languages for the Semantic Web (D. Fensel, et al.). A Methodology for Ontology-based Knowledge Management (Y. Sure and R. Studer). Ontology Management: Storing, Aligning and Maintaining Ontologies (M. Klein, et al.). Sesame: A Generic Architecture for Storing and Querying RDF and RDF Schema (J. Broekstra, et al.). Generating Ontologies for the Semantic Web: OntoBuilder (R. Engels and T. Lech). OntoEdit: Collaborative Engineering of Ontologies (Y. Sure, et al.). QuizRDF: Search Technology for the Semantic Web (J. Davies, et al.). Spectacle (C. Fluit, et al.). OntoShare: Evolving Ontologies in a Knowledge Sharing System (J. Davies, et al.). Ontology Middleware and Reasoning (A. Kiryakov, et al.). Ontology-based Knowledge Management at Work: The Swiss Life Case Studies (U. Reimer, et al.). Field Experimenting with Semantic Web Tools in a Virtual Organization (V. Iosif, et al.). A Future Perspective: Exploiting Peer-to-Peer and the Semantic Web for Knowledge Management (D. Fensel, et al.). Conclusions: Ontology-driven Knowledge Management - Towards the Semantic Web? (J. Davies, et al.). References. Index.

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Book SynopsisAre all film stars linked to Kevin Bacon? Why do the stock markets rise and fall sharply on the strength of a vague rumour? How does gossip spread so quickly? Are we all related through six degrees of separation? There is a growing awareness of the complex networks that pervade modern society. We see them in the rapid growth of the internet, the ease of global communication, the swift spread of news and information, and in the way epidemics and financial crises develop with startling speed and intensity. This introductory book on the new science of networks takes an interdisciplinary approach, using economics, sociology, computing, information science and applied mathematics to address fundamental questions about the links that connect us, and the ways that our decisions can have consequences for others.Trade Review'The first college-level text on network science, it should be a big hit for students in economics and business.' Stan Wasserman, Indiana University'In this remarkable book, David Easley and Jon Kleinberg bring all the tools of computer science, economics, and sociology to bear on one of the great scientific challenges of our time: understanding the structure, function, and dynamics of networks in society. Clearly written and covering an impressive range of topics, Networks, Crowds, and Markets is the ideal starting point for any student aspiring to learn the fundamentals of the emerging field of network science.' Duncan Watts, author of Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age'The field of information networks is an emerging discipline of immense importance that combines graph theory, probability and statistics, microeconomics and facets of the social sciences. Easley and Kleinberg present a panoramic view of this field, from basic graph theory all the way to the state of the art in research.' Prabhakar Raghavan, Head of Yahoo! Labs'Networks are everywhere, in our social lives, in our economic relations, and in nature; they are now finally arriving to our classrooms. Easley and Kleinberg have written a masterful introduction to networks. This book successfully combines the game theoretic and algorithmic approaches to the study of social, economic and communication networks. It is lively, interesting, readable and accessible. It is a pleasure to teach using this book and never a dull moment for the students.' Daron Acemoglu, Charles P. Kindleberger Professor of Applied Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology'David Easley and Jon Kleinberg have given us a totally new kind of basic economics text, where students learn how to analyze social networks and crowds as well as games and markets. This book covers a remarkable range of topics and offers a broad new vision of what economics can be about.' Roger Myerson, Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago and winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics'In my three decades plus of teaching, I cannot recall an urge to teach a new undergraduate course like the one I felt upon leafing through this wonderful introduction to everything that is new and important and intellectually challenging in our world.' Christos Papadimitriou, C. Lester Hogan Professor of EECS, University of California, Berkeley'The elegant explanations in this book allow readers to rapidly gain a deep understanding of how networks work. Without resorting to either advanced math or even a bit of hand-waving, Easley and Kleinberg take us through the essential concepts and intriguing real-world applications.' Lada Adamic, University of Michigan'This important and inspiring book must not be missing from the computer scientist's bookshelf in the 21st century …' Dr Jochen L. Leidner'Far from being a terse, technical analysis, this is an elegant and engaging examination of the subject.' The Times Higher Education Supplement'Networks, Crowds, and Markets offers students an excellent opportunity to relate enduring conceptual material, taught in numerous traditional courses, to their fast-paced and ever changing world. Typically, textbooks have not often done so. This work serves, therefore, not only as motivation for students to appreciate the beauty of the abstract, but also as a model for what textbooks might become in the near future. … Individual instructors will bring their own interests to this lively, well-written text with interesting graphic support and then tailor it to make a course that they are comfortable teaching and one that really comes alive for students.' Mathematical Reviews'This text offers an integrated, but not superficial, introduction to … new mathematical concepts and their application across a range of social problems … an ideal text for introductory classes. It also holds great promise for people with a strong background in another field who wish to understand some of the key questions addressed by the social sciences.' H. Van Dyke Parunak, reviews.com'This very interesting and detailed book manages to expose the wide-ranging applications of graph and network theory in a variety of areas such as game theory, auctions, web searches, horse-betting, voting, crowd behavior, trade markets and the spread of diseases. Throughout the book all necessary mathematical background is outlined in an easy to understand way, including the most interesting and curious aspects of the theory such as the Braess paradox, prisoner's dilemma and Arrow's impossibility theorem. The book concludes with a useful index and a detailed bibliography.' Zentralblatt MATH'Easley, an economist, and Kleinberg, a computer scientist, accomplish the difficult task of making the subject available to students from basically any field without being superficial. Their text was designed as transdisciplinary from the start and will be specifically interesting to physics students who pursue an interdisciplinary career geared toward the social science and econophysics.' Physics TodayTable of Contents1. Overview; Part I. Graph Theory and Social Networks: 2. Graphs; 3. Strong and weak ties; 4. Networks in their surrounding contexts; 5. Positive and negative relationships; Part II. Game Theory: 6. Games; 7. Evolutionary game theory; 8. Modeling network traffic using game theory; 9. Auctions; Part III. Markets and Strategic Interaction in Networks: 10. Matching markets; 11. Network models of markets with intermediaries; 12. Bargaining and power in networks; Part IV. Information Networks and the World Wide Web: 13. The structure of the Web; 14. Link analysis and Web search; 15. Sponsored search markets; Part V. Network Dynamics: Population Models: 16. Information cascades; 17. Network effects; 18. Power laws and rich-get-richer phenomena; Part VI. Network Dynamics: Structural Models: 19. Cascading behavior in networks; 20. The small-world phenomenon; 21. Epidemics; Part VII. Institutions and Aggregate Behavior: 22. Markets and information; 23. Voting; 24. Property.

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Book SynopsisA global anthropology of technology and politics, from WikiLeaks to Podemos.Trade Review'A fascinating and enlightening read, showing how real political change can be affected through digital means' -- Paul Mason'Do you hate Silicon Valley techno-solutionism and its anti-collective libertarian politics? Then you need a nerd-cleanse! John Postill's book reveals the real, global, rise of a 'nerd politics' that is so much richer, more diverse, and much more interesting than you suspected!' -- Christopher M. Kelty, University of California, Los AngelesTable of ContentsList of Figures Series Preface Acknowledgements 1. Hiding in Plain Sight 2. Nerds of a Feather 3. Data Activism 4. Digital Rights 5. Social Protest 6. Formal Politics 7. A Thriving Social World Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisA global anthropology of technology and politics, from WikiLeaks to Podemos.Trade Review'A fascinating and enlightening read, showing how real political change can be affected through digital means' -- Paul Mason'Do you hate Silicon Valley techno-solutionism and its anti-collective libertarian politics? Then you need a nerd-cleanse! John Postill's book reveals the real, global, rise of a 'nerd politics' that is so much richer, more diverse, and much more interesting than you suspected!' -- Christopher M. Kelty, University of California, Los AngelesTable of ContentsList of Figures Series Preface Acknowledgements 1. Hiding in Plain Sight 2. Nerds of a Feather 3. Data Activism 4. Digital Rights 5. Social Protest 6. Formal Politics 7. A Thriving Social World Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisBuckle up for a fascinating journey through layers of insight and metaphors that explain the past, present, and future of the Web. Readers from all walks of life will learn something ancient, something novel, and something practical. Those who give it careful consideration will never see the Web the same way again.This book proclaims into existence decentralized public space above the webpage that enables the shift from personal to collective computing. The Web's next frontier is the Metaweb, a hyper-dimensional web over Today's Web that connects people and information silos, with accountability and fair value exchange. The Metaweb can drastically reduce false information, abuse, and scams, as well as enable the unprecedented level of collaboration needed to address humanity's global challenges. The book posits a symbiotic relationship between AI and the Metaweb, where AI assists in generating, organizing, and curating content, while the Metaweb provides the necessary constraints, data, and context for AI to function effectively, transparently, and in alignment with humanity. The AI-assisted collaboration among humans on the Metaweb will enable a vast collective intelligence and the capture of tremendous untapped value.For more information go to: http://metawebbook.comTrade Review"When the general population got on the Web, we saw a sea change in the diversity of online applications and content. Alongside the smartphone, we have seen a rapidly proliferating array of behaviors, content, incentives, and side effects, most of which were not squarely on our radar 50 years ago... I agree with the premise that accountability is an important consideration for the next iteration of the Web. While I have concerns around scalability and implementation, the notion of a meta-environment above the webpage is directionally interesting. Overall, the book presents a creative argument that warrants further discussion and exploration." ~ Vint Cerf, One of the Fathers of the Internet & co-founder of the People Centered Internet "When the general population got on the Web, we saw a sea change in the diversity of online applications and content. Alongside the smartphone, we have seen a rapidly proliferating array of behaviors, content, incentives, and side effects, most of which were not squarely on our radar 50 years ago... I agree with the premise that accountability is an important consideration for the next iteration of the Web. While I have concerns around scalability and implementation, the notion of a meta-environment above the webpage is directionally interesting. Overall, the book presents a creative argument that warrants further discussion and exploration." ~ Vint Cerf, One of the Fathers of the Internet & co-founder of the People Centered Internet Table of ContentsPreamble. Introduction.Part One. Today’s Web 1. It’s Probably Nothing. 2. The Three Generations of the Web. 3. The Vagaries of Today’s Web. 4. Pay With Your Attention. 5. Are We Cognitively Free?Part Two. What We Need 6. What the World Needs Now. 7. A Web that Supports the Shift.Part Three. The Metaweb 8. The Big Missing Feature of The Web. 9. The Emergence of the Metaweb. 10. The Cairns in the Rabbit Hole. 11. The Link and the Bridge. 12. The Overweb Pattern. 13. Fixing the Web. 14. Into the Looking Glass. 15. What Becomes Possible. 16. Your Move. Epilogue: United we Compute or Divided We Fall. Glossary.

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Book SynopsisThe fun way to research your family history Genealogy For Dummies, 8th Edition covers everything you need to know about starting a genealogical research projectincluding where and how to find information, how to communicate with other online genealogists, how to leverage social networking sites and apps, how to add digital images to your family tree, and how to build your own site for sharing information. It also explains the use of compiled genealogies, U.S. Census information, and public access catalogs. Brand new to this edition is content on how to conduct genealogical research on the road, and on how to take this research and integrate it into the data found at home. It also contains new information on DNA research and testing, new geocoding applications to record geographic data into a genealogical database, and other new technologies. The book covers which apps are worth your money, and how to get the most out of them. Use the latest toolTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 2 Icons Used in This Book 3 Beyond the Book 3 Where to Go from Here 4 Part 1: Getting Started with Genealogy 5 Chapter 1: Beginning Your Ancestral Journey 7 It’s About Time(line) 7 Crafting an online timeline 9 Learning about Sources 13 Using Genealogical Applications 15 Entering Information into RootsMagic Essentials 17 Completing the Pedigree Page 20 Creating the Virtual You 21 Giving Your Ancestors Some Privacy 24 Beefing Up Your Profile 24 Citing Your Sources 26 Getting the Full Media Experience 28 Reaching Out to Others 29 Hinting Around about Your Ancestors 30 Giving Your Ancestors Some Mobility 31 Telling Your Story 34 Chapter 2: Hunting for Your Ancestral Treasures 35 A Brief Message about Research Steps 35 Selecting a Person to Begin Your Search 36 Trying a semi-unique name 36 Narrowing your starting point 36 Choosing someone you know about 38 Selecting a grandparent’s name 39 Beginning to Put the Puzzle Together 39 Getting the 4-1-1 from Your Kinfolk 41 Dusting off old photo albums 43 Striking it rich in closets, in basements, and under beds 45 Adding Your Ancestors One by One 47 Using a bit of (Roots)Magic to keep track of your family 48 Logging your data into Ancestry Family Tree 53 Chapter 3: Searching Primary Resource Sites 55 Touring Ancestry.com 56 Trying Ancestry.com for free 56 Searching Ancestry.com’s vast collection 58 Sifting through the results 62 RootsWeb.com at a Glance 68 Investigating FamilySearch 69 Creating a free account 69 FamilySearching records 70 Using FamilySearch results 71 Other FamilySearch search functions 75 Giving Back through FamilySearch Indexing 75 Saluting Fold3 76 Creating a trial account 76 Searching at Fold3 77 Finding Your Past 82 Exploring MyHeritage 84 Chapter 4: Using All of Your Censuses 87 Coming to Your Census 88 United States census schedules 88 State, territorial, and other census records 95 Finding Your Ancestors in U.S Census Records 97 Sifting through census record results 98 Digging into digitized census records 100 Consolidating your discoveries 104 Using census records to tell a story 106 Census Records from Afar 109 Africa 110 Asia 110 Europe 110 North America 113 Oceania 113 South America 113 Part 2: Bringing Your Ancestor to Life 115 Chapter 5: Digging Deeper into Your Ancestors’ Lives 117 These Records Are Vital 117 Reading vital records 118 Gauging vitals online 120 Investigating Immigration and Naturalization Records 123 Passenger lists 125 Naturalization records 127 Land Ho! Researching Land Records 129 Surveying land lovers in the U.S. 130 Using HistoryGeo.com to map your ancestor’s land 134 Marching to a Different Drummer: Searching for Military Records 135 Taxation with Notation 140 Trial and Error at the Courthouse 142 Getting the News on Your Ancestors 143 Chapter 6: Mapping the Past 147 Are We There Yet? Researching Where “There” Was to Your Ancestors 148 Using documents that you already possess 148 Where is Llandrindod, anyway? 149 There’s No Place like Home: Using Local Resources 153 Geographic-specific websites 154 Libraries and archives 156 Pulling the obituary 157 Genealogical and historical societies 158 Looking at local directories 159 Professional researchers 161 Localizing your search 162 Gaining historical perspective 162 Mapping Your Ancestor’s Way 164 Positioning your family: Using global positioning systems 171 Plotting against the family 172 Wrapping It Up (with a Surprise) 174 Chapter 7: Searching for That Elusive Ancestor 175 Letting Your Computer Do the Walking: Using Search Engines 176 Diving into general Internet search engines 176 Flying with Genealogy Vertical Search Engines 181 Finding the Site That’s Best for You 183 Personal genealogical sites 183 One-name study sites 185 Family associations and organizations 186 Surnames connected to events or places 187 Family Trees Ripe for the Picking: Finding Compiled Resources 188 Narrative compiled genealogies 189 Compiled genealogical databases 189 Browsing Comprehensive Genealogical Indexes 191 Chapter 8: Going Beyond Borders: International and Ethnic Records 193 Fishing for International and Ethnic Sources 194 Wiki-ing for answers 194 Surveying sites with comprehensive genealogy indexes 195 Using search engines 195 WorldGenWeb 195 Translating sites 197 Records from the English-Speaking World 197 Gathering information from England and Wales 198 A lot more than haggis — finding Scottish records 201 Researching the north o’ Ireland 201 Traversing the Emerald Isle 202 Other Irish genealogy resources 203 Heading north for Canadian records 204 Accessing Australian sources 207 Hispanic and Portuguese Roots 208 Within the United States 208 Exploring south of the border: Mexican sources 209 Continental resources 210 Central and South American research 211 Swimming through Caribbean genealogy 214 Achtung! Using Sites for the German-Speaking World 215 Along the beautiful Danube: Austrian roots 215 Consulting German resources 216 Focusing on French Resources 218 Scanning Scandinavian Countries 218 Denmark 218 Finland 219 Norway 220 Sweden 220 Iceland 221 Italian Cooking 221 Other European Sites 221 Asian Resources 223 Researching African Ancestry 224 Genealogical resource pages on the web 226 Transcribed records pertaining to ancestors with African roots 227 Special ethnic pages about African ancestry 228 Original records 229 American Indian Resources 229 Where to begin looking for information about American Indians 230 American Indian resource pages on the web 232 Transcribed American Indian records 233 Chapter 9: Specializing in Your Family History 235 Researching Religious Group Records 236 Finding Fraternal Orders and Service Clubs 240 A Photo Is Worth a Thousand Words 242 Accessing Adoption Records 245 Preparing to Be Schooled 246 Turning to Bible Records 248 Snooping through Great-Grandma’s Diary 248 Nosing through Newspaper Records 249 Part 3: Putting Your Family History to the Test 251 Chapter 10: Fitting into Your Genes: Genetic Genealogy 253 Ask What DNA Can Do for You 254 A Friendly Word of Caution 255 Delving into DNA 256 Getting down to bases 257 Variations in DNA 259 Family History: Documentation versus Genetics 261 Testing Companies 262 Selecting the Right Test for You 263 Finding Helpful DNA Sites 264 Chapter 11: Direct-Line Genetic Tests 265 Y chromosome (Y-DNA) testing 265 “Junk” DNA is worth something 266 The testing process 267 Comparing the results 268 Assessing the probability of a relationship 270 Haplogroups 271 Locating others with the same results 275 Mitochondrial (mtDNA) testing 276 Testing method 278 Making sense of the results 279 Finding others with the same results 280 Chapter 12: Autosomal DNA (atDNA) Testing 281 But First a Quick Review 281 Testing Process 283 What Can I Learn from Autosomal DNA Testing? 284 Ethnicity Estimation 285 Relationship Testing 288 Back to a familiar family 290 Objectives of the test 291 Playing the match game 292 Set your phasing to stun 293 We have something In Common With you 294 Sticking with tradition 296 Browsing through the chromosomes 296 Triangulating the data 298 Meeting the objectives 300 X-Chromosome DNA Testing 301 Utilities to the Rescue 303 Part 4: Casting Your Nets in the Genealogy Sea 305 Chapter 13: Finding Your Research Path 307 Introducing the Helm Online Family Tree Research Cycle 307 Planning your research 309 Collecting useful information 311 Researching: Through the brick wall and beyond 312 Consolidating information in a database 313 Validating your findings 313 Distilling the information that you gather 314 Too Many Ancestor Irons in the Research Fire 315 Verifying Your Information 315 Chapter 14: Share and Share Alike 317 Why Would Anyone Want Your Stuff? 318 Making Friends on Facebook 318 Jumping on the Facebook bandwagon 319 Making Facebook friends 320 Sorting your Facebook friends 321 Posting statuses on Facebook 322 Sharing photos via Facebook 322 Pinning Family History to Pinterest 324 Realizing Instant Gratification with Instagram 326 Networking Genealogy-Style 326 Sharing your history on Geni.com 327 Discovering contacts through Member Connect 331 Showing context in LifeStory 331 Blogging for Attention 334 Hunting blogs 334 Getting a blog of your own 335 Building Your Own Home 338 Free web-hosting services 338 Do you speak HTML? 340 Deciding which treasures to include 340 Including Your GEDCOM 340 Generating GEDCOM files 341 Checking a GEDCOM for possible errors 343 Creating traditional trees and reports 343 Earning a Good Citizenship Award 345 Mandatory lecture on privacy 345 Respecting copyrights 346 Citing your sources 347 Chapter 15: Help Wanted! 349 Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone 349 The Shotgun Approach 350 Making Friends (and Keeping Them) Online 351 Joining a Herd: Research Groups 353 Becoming a solid member of geographical societies 354 Rooting for family and surname associations 354 Joining the crowd — Crowd Sourced Indexing, that is 356 Gathering Kinfolk: Using the Family Reunion for Research 357 Rent-a-Researcher 357 DNA Consulting 361 Helping Yourself 361 Reading up on genealogical things 362 Getting educated online 362 Part 5: The Part of Tens 365 Chapter 16: Ten Sites Worth a Visit 367 rootsfinder 367 FamilySearch Help Center 368 WeRelate 368 kindex 368 One-Step Webpages by Stephen P Morse 369 Photogrammar 369 Story Corps 369 American Battle Monuments Commission 370 Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States 370 ArchiveGrid 371 Chapter 17: Ten Mobile Applications for Genealogy Research 373 Ancestry 373 FamilySearch Tree 375 RootsMagic 375 BillionGraves 376 Evernote 377 The Family Nexus 377 Saving Memories Forever 378 OldNews USA 379 QromaTag 379 Kindle 379 Index 381

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Book SynopsisDigital Marketing In A Week is a simple and straightforward guide to brilliant digital marketing, giving you everything you need to know in just seven short chapters. From social marketing and search engine optimization, to ''paid'' advertising, mobile marketing and creating the perfect website for driving sales, you''ll discover the perfect toolkit to drive your successful digital marketing.This book introduces you to the main themes and ideas of digital marketing, giving you a knowledge and understanding of the key concepts, together with practical and thought-provoking exercises. Whether you choose to read it in a week or in a single sitting, NLP In A Week is your fastest route to success:- Sunday: Building the ultimate sales website- Monday: SEO: The backbone of any digital marketing strategy- Tuesday: Social media marketing madness- Wednesday: Pay per click (PPC) simplified and explained- Thursday: Mobile optimization and getting mo

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Book SynopsisSEO and Search Marketing In A Week is a simple and straightforward guide to mastering the basics, giving you everything you really need to know in just seven short chapters. From stripping away the mystique from SEO and SEM, to uncovering the meaning of jargon and acronyms such as pay-per-click advertising (PPC), backlinking, social signals and algorithms, you''ll discover how to structure your website to deliver what the search engines are looking for and to promote it to the world.This book distils the most practical search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM) insights into easy-to-digest bite-sized chunks, giving you a basic knowledge and understanding of the key concepts, together with practical and thought-provoking exercises. Whether you choose to read it in a week or in a single sitting, SEO And Search Marketing In A Week is your fastest route to success:- Sunday: An introduction to search engines and SEO- MondayTable of Contents : Sunday: Introduction to search engines, SEO and search marketing : Monday: Preparing your site for search engines : Tuesday: Keyword research : Wednesday: On-page optimization : Thursday: Off-page optimization : Friday: Monitoring and managing your progress : Saturday: Scaling up with search marketing

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Book Synopsis Social Media Marketing In A Week is a simple and straightforward guide to mastering the basics, giving you everything you need to know in just seven short chapters. From making the right first impression and having a unified message and strategy, to knowing where your audience is, engaging them and managing your reputation, you''ll discover how to build a relationship with your customers on sites like Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and Pinterest, without selling to them. This book shows you how to get started with social media giving you the ability and best practice to interact confidently with your fans and subscribers. Whether you choose to read it in a week or in a single sitting, Social Media In A Week is your fastest route to success:- Monday: Gain insight with cases studies of companies that have achieved positive results from social media- Tuesday: Get started with key strategies and tactics and learn how to find and engage with your audienceTable of Contents : Sunday: What is social media marketing? : Monday: Successful case studies : Tuesday: Getting started with social media marketing : Wednesday: Blogging, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn : Thursday: YouTube, Google, Pinterest, StumbleUpon, and ones to watch : Friday: Becoming a personal authority in the marketplace : Saturday: Managing, metrics and scaling up

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Book Synopsis DESCRIPTION There's priceless insight trapped in the flood of data users leave behind as they interact with web pages and applications. Those insights can be unlocked by using intelligent algorithms like the ones that have earned Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Microsoft a place among the giants of web data pattern extraction. Improved search, data classification, and other smart pattern matching techniques can give an enormous advantage to understanding and interacting with users. Algorithms of the Intelligent Web, Second Edition has been totally revised and teaches the most important approaches to algorithmic web data analysis, enabling readers to create machine learning applications that crunch, munge, and wrangle data collected from users, web applications, sensors, and website logs. Key machine learning concepts are explained and introduced with many code examples in Python's scikit-learn. The book guides readers through the underlying machinery and intelligent algorithms to capture, store, and structure data streams. Readers will explore recommendation engines from the example of Netflix movie recommendations and dive into classification via statistical algorithms, neural networks, and deep learning. They will also consider the ins and outs of ranking and how to test applications based on intelligent algorithms. KEY SELLING POINTS Machine learning for newbies Easily accessed examples Concepts presented are technology agnostic AUDIENCE To get the most from this book, you should have a good foundation in Java programming and a general understanding of internet technology. ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY This book provides an overview, with easy to access examples, of algorithms which learn from data. Such algorithms have been widely adopted by many large internet companies such as Facebook and Google and are continuing to grow in popularity. This book has many examples in Python using the scikit-learn library, however the concepts presented are technology agnostic and can be easily applied with any common programming language.

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Book Synopsis 　 DESCRIPTION Users expect search to be simple: They enter a few terms and expect perfectly-organized, relevant results instantly. But behind this simple user experience, complex machinery is at work. Whether using Elasticsearch, Solr, or another search technology, the solution is never one size fits all. Returning the right search results requires conveying domain knowledge and business rules in the search engine's data structures, text analytics, and results ranking capabilities. Relevant Search demystifies relevance work. Using Elasticsearch, it tells how to return engaging search results to users, helping readers understand and leverage the internals of Lucene-based search engines. The book walks through several real-world problems using a cohesive philosophy that combines text analysis, query building, and score shaping to express business ranking rules to the search engine. It outlines how to guide the engineering process by monitoring search user behavior and shifting the enterprise to a search-first culture focused on humans, not computers. It also shows how the search engine provides a deeply pluggable platform for integrating search ranking with machine learning, ontologies, personalization, domain-specific expertise, and other enriching sources. 　 KEY FEATURES Highly relevant, concrete, hands-on guide Digs deep into search engine technology Contains essential tools, tips, and strategies for building engaging search engines 　 AUDIENCE For readers who can code moderately complex tasks. ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY Lucene is the underlying technology that backs both Elasticsearch and Solr. Dominant search engines are based upon Lucene and since Lucene itself is based upon the strong foundation of Information Retrieval research, the book will be applicable to almost any search technology available now or in the foreseeable future.

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Book SynopsisTo score a job in data science, machine learning, computer graphics, and cryptography, you need to bring strong math skills to the party. Math for Programmers teaches the math you need for these hot careers, concentrating on what you need to know as a developer. Filled with lots of helpful graphics and more than 200 exercises and mini-projects, this book unlocks the door to interesting–and lucrative!–careers in some of today’s hottest programming fields. Key Features · 2D and 3D vector math · Matrices and linear transformations · Core concepts from linear algebra · Calculus with one or more variables · Algorithms for regression, classification, and clustering · Interesting real-world examples Written for programmers with solid algebra skills (even if they need some dusting off). No formal coursework in linear algebra or calculus is required. About the technology Most businesses realize they need to apply data science and effective machine learning to gain and maintain a competitive edge. To build these applications, they need developers comfortable writing code and using tools steeped in statistics, linear algebra, and calculus. Math also plays an integral role in other modern applications like game development, computer graphics and animation, image and signal processing, pricing engines, and stock market analysis. Paul Orland is CEO of Tachyus, a Silicon Valley startup building predictive analytics software to optimize energy production in the oil and gas industry. As founding CTO, he led the engineering team to productize hybrid machine learning and physics models, distributed optimization algorithms, and custom web-based data visualizations. He has a B.S. in mathematics from Yale University and a M.S. in physics from the University of Washington.Trade Review'A gentle introduction to some of the most useful mathematical concepts that should be in your developer toolbox.' Christopher Haupt, New Relic 'A rigorous yet approachable overview of the mathematics that underpin a number of modern programming domains.' Dan Sheikh, BCG Digital Ventures 'Engaging, practical, recommend for all levels.' V incent Zhu, rethinkxsocial.com 'It provides a bridge for programmers who need to brush up on their math skills, and does a nice job of making the math less mysterious and more approachable.' Robert Walsh, Excalibur SolutionsTable of Contentstable of contents READ IN LIVEBOOK 1LEARNING MATH WITH CODE PART 1: VECTORS AND GRAPHICS READ IN LIVEBOOK 2DRAWING WITH 2D VECTORS READ IN LIVEBOOK 3ASCENDING TO THE 3D WORLD READ IN LIVEBOOK 4TRANSFORMING VECTORS AND GRAPHICS READ IN LIVEBOOK 5COMPUTING TRANSFORMATIONS WITH MATRICES READ IN LIVEBOOK 6GENERALIZING TO HIGHER DIMENSIONS READ IN LIVEBOOK 7SOLVING SYSTEMS OF LINEAR EQUATIONS PART 2: CALCULUS AND PHYSICAL SIMULATION READ IN LIVEBOOK 8UNDERSTANDING RATES OF CHANGE READ IN LIVEBOOK 9SIMULATING MOVING OBJECTS READ IN LIVEBOOK 10WORKING WITH SYMBOLIC EXPRESSIONS READ IN LIVEBOOK 11SIMULATING FORCE FIELDS READ IN LIVEBOOK 12OPTIMIZING A PHYSICAL SYSTEM READ IN LIVEBOOK 13ANALYZING SOUND WAVES WITH A FOURIER SERIES PART 3: MACHINE LEARNING APPLICATIONS READ IN LIVEBOOK 14FITTING FUNCTIONS TO DATA READ IN LIVEBOOK 15CLASSIFYING DATA WITH LOGISTIC REGRESSION READ IN LIVEBOOK 16TRAINING NEURAL NETWORKS APPENDIXES READ IN LIVEBOOK APPENDIX A: GETTING SET UP WITH PYTHON READ IN LIVEBOOK APPENDIX B: PYTHON TIPS AND TRICKS READ IN LIVEBOOK APPENDIX C: LOADING AND RENDERING 3D MODELS WITH OPENGL AND PYGAME

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Book SynopsisImagine if your non-technical clients could safely produce software without the need for anyone to manually write code. Domain-specific languages are purpose-built programming interfaces that make that possible—no programming experience required. Written for developers who need to create user-facing DSLs, Domain- SpecificLanguages Made Easy unlocks clear and practical methods to createDSLs with easy-to-use interfaces. Author Meinte Boersma lays out an iterative process for creating languages accessible to domain experts such as operations specialists, data analysts, and financial experts. You'll start with an overview of software language engineering before diving into the unique projectional editing paradigm that makes it easy to produce DSLs for business. Imagine if your non-technical clients could safely produce software without the need for anyone to manually write code. Domain-specific languages are purpose-built programming interfaces that makethat possible—no programming experience required. This frees software developers from the time-consuming translation of a client's functional and domain-specific specifications, replacing complex code for modern and intuitive UIsTrade Review“A great alternative to DSL implementations that not many resources out there cover.”AdhirRamjiawan “This is anice practical exploration of Domain Specific Languages using JavaScript.” GeorgeThomas “The manuscript is excellent. The content is great, the illustrations are very well done. The author has taken a very pedagogical approach to transfer practical nd rapidly exploitable knowledge in a short period of time.” Alain Lompo “AMUST-HAVE book on the topic!” Karthikeyarajan Rajendran “DSL is always considered niche area and difficult to do. This book make it easy foryou to understand with easy to understand examples. If you ever wanted to learn but never tried you now have a good reason to do so!” Kumar Unnikrishnan “Great external DSL reference. With this book you will have all you need to build your external DSL!” Julien Pohie “An interesting concept of mixing DSL design with high-level software design.” TobiasKaatz “This book is really interesting for the intended user. Easy to grasp, understand, followalong and try out the code in small incremental steps.” Satej Kumar Sahu “It's one thing to use a DSL, it's another to design and implement one. This book narrows the gap for anyone interested.” Burk Hufnagel

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Book SynopsisRunning your systems in the cloud doesn't automatically make them secure. To create secure applications and infrastructure on AWS, you need to understand the tools and features the platform provides and learn new approaches to configuring and managing them. Written by security engineer Dylan Shields, AWS Security provides comprehensive coverage on the key tools and concepts you can use to defend AWS-based systems. You'll learn how to honestly assess your existing security protocols, protect against the most common attacks on cloud applications, and apply best practices to configuring Identity and Access Management and Virtual Private Clouds. about the technology Rapid iteration, easy scaling, and huge savings have caused a mass migration to AWS. However, running in the cloud requires you to modify the security practices you use in on-prem infrastructure. Users of AWS who fail to adapt run the risk of exposing their business and their customers to an attack. Luckily, AWS comes with a stack of tools and services that offer a high level of control over your cloud security. about the book AWS Security is an invaluable guide that you'll want to have on hand when you're facing any cloud security problem. With a cookbook-style delivery, it's filled with well-documented examples and procedures you can apply to common AWS security issues. This book covers best practices for access policies, data protection, auditing, continuous monitoring, and incident response. You'll also explore several deliberately insecure applications, including a social media site and a mobile app, learning the exploits and vulnerabilities commonly used to attack them and the security practices to counter those attacks. With this practical primer, you'll be well prepared to evaluate your system's security, detect threats, and respond with confidence. what's inside Securely grant access to AWS resources to coworkers and customers Develop policies for ensuring proper access controls Lock-down network controls using VPCs Record audit logs and use them to identify attacks Track and assess the security of an AWS account Common attacks and vulnerabilities about the reader For software and security engineers building and securing AWS applications. about the author Dylan Shields is a software engineer working on Quantum Computing at AWS. Previously, Dylan was the first engineer on the AWS Security Hub team. He has also worked at Google Cloud, focusing on the security and reliability of their serverless data warehouse, BigQuery.Trade Review'A book to keep on the desk and consult continuously' Antonio Pessolano 'This book should be part of AWS documentation.' Sébastien Portebois 'The reference for every security engineer. A must-read and a clear recommendation.' Thorsten Weber 'A must read for anyone responsible for AWS security in their project or IT organizations.' Enrico Mazzarella 'A very well presented overview of AWS security by someone who clearly has deep and extensive practical experience in the field.' Tony Mullen

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Book SynopsisSpring Boot in Practice covers dozens of handy Spring Boot development techniques, from basic functions to hidden features you probably didn't even know existed. Each recipe is built around a realworld problem, complete with a full solution and thoughtful discussion. You'll work your way from fundamentals to advanced functionalities as you take deep dives into auto-configuration, security implementation, and even support for reactive application development. Learn how to work with Spring Boot and Kotlin, handling connections for multiple platforms, and how Spring Boot can simplify building microservices and APIs. You're sure to keep this practical book on hand as a reference as you build your next Spring Boot apps. About the TechnologySpring is the most popular Java framework for building medium- to enterprise-scale applications. Spring Boot abstracts away complex configurations so you can stay focused on fulfilling business requirements. More than just a “must-learn” technology for anyone building Java-based web applications, Spring Boot has become a “must-master” framework.Trade Review"A must have for the library of every Spring developer. Using this very thorough book as a reference will save countless research hours." Becky Huett "The best book around to cover the use of Spring Boot in a practical way." Ashley Eatly "When we start new Spring projects, what about setting them up with Spring Boot? Spring Boot in Practice provides you with a collection of recipes and patterns to quickly get operational with your business and database layers." Jean-François Morin

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Book SynopsisExplore numerous techniques to improve the way you write CSS as you build 12 tiny projects. For readers who know the basics of HTML and frontend development. No previous experience of CSS is required. In Tiny CSS Projects, you will build twelve exciting and useful web projects with CSS — a must-know tool. This textbook teaches you how to make beautiful websites and applications by gilding you through a dozen fun coding challenges. You will learn important skills through hands-on practice as you tinker with your own coding and will make actual creative decisions about the projects you re building. You will rapidly master the basic features, including A loading screen created by styling SVG graphics A responsive newspaper layout with multi-columns Animating social media buttons with pseudo-elements Designing layouts using CSS grids Summary cards that utilise hover interactions Styling forms to make them more appealing to your users The projects may be tiny, but the CSS skills you will learn are huge! Press on with CSS s exciting layout features, including grid and flexbox, animations, transitions, and media queries. About the technology Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) make the web beautiful. Where HTML structures a page and JavaScript gives it additional functionality, CSS handles colours, layouts, and typography — everything your users love about your site. While CSS is an established tool used in almost all production websites, it s also evolving to include new features.Trade Review"This book has a great mix of practical patterns that could be applied to many applications, combined with a thorough explanation of how they work." Nick McGinness "It helps people fall in love with CSS." Danilo Zekovic "Perfect as a reference manual." Ricardo Marotti "I gained a deeper understanding of CSS after reading the book." Ranjit Sahai

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Book SynopsisYour domain is rich and interconnected, and your API should be too. Upgrade your web API to GraphQL, leveraging its flexible queries to empower your users, and its declarative structure to simplify your code. Absinthe is the GraphQL toolkit for Elixir, a functional programming language designed to enable massive concurrency atop robust application architectures. Written by the creators of Absinthe, this book will help you take full advantage of these two groundbreaking technologies. Build your own flexible, high-performance APIs using step-by-step guidance and expert advice you won't find anywhere else. GraphQL is a new way of structuring and building web services, and the result is transformational. Find out how to offer a more tailored, cohesive experience to your users, easily aggregate data from different data sources, and improve your back end's maintainability with Absinthe's declarative approach to defining how your API works. Build a GraphQL-based API from scratch using Absinthe, starting from core principles. Learn the type system and how to expand your schema to suit your application's needs. Discover a growing ecosystem of tools and utilities to understand, debug, and document your API. Take it to production, but do it safely with solid best practices in mind. Find out how complexity analysis and persisted queries can let you support your users flexibly, but responsibly too. Along the way, discover how Elixir makes all the difference for a high performance, fault-tolerant API. Use asynchronous and batching execution, or write your own custom add-ons to extend Absinthe. Go live with subscriptions, delivering data over websockets on top of Elixir (and Erlang/OTP's) famous solid performance and real-time capabilities. Transform your applications with the powerful combination of Elixir and GraphQL, using Absinthe. What You Need: To follow along with the book, you should have Erlang/OTP 19+ and Elixir 1.4+ installed. The book will guide you through setting up a new Phoenix application using Absinthe.

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Book SynopsisThis introductory textbook teaches the simple development of geospatial applications based on the principles and software tools of geospatial data science. It introduces a new generation of geospatial technologies that have emerged from the development of the Semantic Web and the linked data paradigm, and shows how data scientists can use them to build environmental applications easily. Geospatial data science is the science of collecting, organizing, analyzing, and visualizing geospatial data. Since around 2010, there has been extensive work in the area of geospatial data science using semantic technologies and linked data, from researchers in the areas of the Semantic Web, Geospatial Databases and Geoinformatics. The main results of this research have been the publication of the OGC standard GeoSPARQL and the implementation of a number of linked data tools supporting this standard. Up to now, there has been no textbook that enables someone to teach this material to undergraduate or graduate students.The material of the book is developed in a tutorial style and it is appropriate for an introductory course on the subject. This can be an advanced undergraduate course or a graduate course offered by Computer Science or GIS faculty. It is a hands-on approach and every chapter contains exercises that help students master the material.The book is accompanied by a Web site where solutions to some of the exercises are given together with supplementary material such as datasets and code. Most of the material in the book has been tried in the "Knowledge Technologies" course taught by the first author in the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens since 2012.

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Book SynopsisThis introductory textbook teaches the simple development of geospatial applications based on the principles and software tools of geospatial data science. It introduces a new generation of geospatial technologies that have emerged from the development of the Semantic Web and the linked data paradigm, and shows how data scientists can use them to build environmental applications easily. Geospatial data science is the science of collecting, organizing, analyzing, and visualizing geospatial data. Since around 2010, there has been extensive work in the area of geospatial data science using semantic technologies and linked data, from researchers in the areas of the Semantic Web, Geospatial Databases and Geoinformatics. The main results of this research have been the publication of the OGC standard GeoSPARQL and the implementation of a number of linked data tools supporting this standard. Up to now, there has been no textbook that enables someone to teach this material to undergraduate or graduate students.The material of the book is developed in a tutorial style and it is appropriate for an introductory course on the subject. This can be an advanced undergraduate course or a graduate course offered by Computer Science or GIS faculty. It is a hands-on approach and every chapter contains exercises that help students master the material.The book is accompanied by a Web site where solutions to some of the exercises are given together with supplementary material such as datasets and code. Most of the material in the book has been tried in the "Knowledge Technologies" course taught by the first author in the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens since 2012.

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