Schlagworter wie Semantic Web beherrschen momentan den Diskurs um die Weiterentwicklung des Internets und deren Suchmoglichkeiten. Um z.B. intelligente Suche zu ermoglichen, ist es notwendig, den semantischen Gehalt von Daten zu erschliessen. Die notwendigen Interfaces konnen jedoch nur dann entwickelt werden, wenn Wissen, wie Kommunikation und Interaktion im Netz funktionieren, vorhanden ist. Die Theorien der Kommunikations- und Sprachwissenschaften in Kombination mit der Informatik sollen dieses Wissen bereitstellen."

Mass spectrometry has proven its applicability to the measurement of almost any molecule. However, different substances require special knowledge in the respective field and scientists tend to focus on their particular task in collaborations and meetings. Nevertheless, disciplines have become more and more interdisciplinary and scientists now have to acquire knowledge in many scientific fields other than our own. Especially mass spectrometrists, who often find them selves learning about the history of their sample, be it from a zoologist, clinician, microbiologist, or biochemist. This was evident with the rise of proteomics, which reaches across species and research projects, uniting scientists through the methodology. This book presents research from around the globe in the fields of biomacromolecules such as proteins, DNA, and other biopolymers studied with mass spectrometry.

Virtual goods is one of the most important topics for research, development, and implementation. It has influence on technology, business, and politics. While the discussion on legal aspects is highly political, new technologies are coming up almost daily, such as incentive communication, PDP networks, watermarks, fingerprints, usage control languages, etc. Finally, some business models adopt these new technologies such as the PotatoSystem (one of the basic models for the Virtual Goods Workshop since 2003); others try to utilise DRM in a more effective way, such as the open Mobile alliance, ori tunes. This book presents the latest ideas in the field.