Semantic Web Challenge 2004

Once again the Semantic Web Challenge attracted scientists from Universities and Research Labs as well as software developers working in companies. The organizers are content with the 80% increase of submissions compared to the year before. This can be considered as a big success giving the fact that the challenge hasn’t been around for long. Also, the incorporation of the awarding ceremony and the online demonstration of the best Semantic Web Application in a plenary session during ISWC 2004 can be considered positively. This underlines the tendency that the challenge gets more attention regarding the Semantic Web community worldwide. A description of the most sophisticated applications will be included in the ISWC proceedings f