by Roberto Cencioni At the Lisbon Summit in March 2000, European heads of state and government set a new goal for the European Union -- to become the most competitive knowled- based society in the world by 2010. As part of this objective, ICT (information and communication technologies) services should become available for every citizen, and for all schools, homes and businesses. The book you have in front of you is about Semantic Web technology and law. Law is something omnipresent; all citizens -- at some points in their lives -- have to deal with it. In addition, law involves a large group...