Semantic Web applications: a framework for industry and business exploitation - What is needed for the adoption of the Semantic Web from the market and industry

The Semantic Web Research has resulted in the last years in significant outcomes. Various industries have adopted semantic web technologies, while the “deep web” is still pursuing the critical transformation point, in which the majority of data found on deep web will be exploited through semantic web value layers. In this article we analyze the Semantic Web applications from a “market” perspective. We are setting the key requirements for Real World information systems semantic web enabled and we discuss the major difficulties for the semantic web up-take that has been delayed. This article contributes to the literature of semantic web and knowledge management providing a context for discourse towards best practices on semantic web based information systems.