Web2Touch 2020–21: Semantic Technologies for Smart Information Sharing and Web Collaboration

This foreword introduces a summary of themes and papers of the Web2Touch (W2T) 2020–21 Track at the 29th IEEE WETICE Conference held as a virtual Conference, in October 2020. W2T 2020–21 includes six full papers and four short papers. They all address relevant issues in the field of information sharing for collaboration, including, big data analytics, knowledge engineering, linked open data, applications of smart Web technologies, and smart care. The papers address a portfolio of hot issues in research and applications of semantics, smart technologies (e.g., IoT, sensors, devices for tele-monitoring, and smart contents management) with crucial topics, such as big data analysis, knowledge representation, smart enterprise management, among the others. This track shows how cooperative technologies based on knowledge representation, intelligent tools, and enhanced Web engineering can enhance collaborative work through smart service design and delivery, so it contributes to radically change the role of the semantic Web and applications.