Semantic Web technologies such as OWL, RDF/RDFS, SPARQL, SHACL, and SWRL offer powerful tools for managing data in more flexible, meaningful, and scalable ways. As organizations increasingly adopt modern data architectures like Data Mesh, Data Fabric, and Data Lakes, Semantic Knowledge Graphs can serve as a unifying layer making data easier to integrate, validate, and reason over.

Yet many teams hesitate to adopt these technologies, often viewing them as overly complex or academic. This book aims to change that perception by showing how these tools can be used practically and...