Volume 27 of the Journal of Web Semantics includes papers from a special issue from the 2013 Semantic Web Challenge edited by Andreas Harth and Sean Bechhofer. Five systems sere selected as winners, four in the Open Track, with a special Big Data Prize being awarded to the best systems making use of large-scale data sets. This special issue presents articles about these five systems.
- Andreas Harth and Sean Bechhofer, , Editorial: Special Issue Semantic Web Challenge 2013, Web Semantics: Science, Services and Agents on the World Wide Web, v24, 2014.
- Yves Raimond, Tristan Ferne, Michael Smethurst and Gareth Adams, The BBC World Service Archive Prototype, Web Semantics: Science, Services and Agents on the World Wide Web, v24, 2014.
- Zachary Elkins, Tom Ginsburg, James Melton, Robert Shaffer, Juan F. Sequeda and Daniel P. Miranker, Constitute: The World's Constitutions to Read, Search and Compare, Web Semantics: Science, Services and Agents on the World Wide Web, v24, 2014.
- Michele Catasta, Alberto Tonon, Gianluca Demartini, Jean-Eudes Ranvier, Karl Aberer, Philippe Cudré-Mauroux, B-hist: Entity-Centric Search over Personal Web Browsing History, Web Semantics: Science, Services and Agents on the World Wide Web, v24, 2014.
- Freddy Lécué, Simone Tallevi-Diotallevi, Jer Hayes, Robert Tucker, Veli Bicer, Marco Sbodio and Pierpaolo Tommasi, Smart Trac Analytics in the Semantic Web with STAR-CITY: Scenarios, System and Lessons Learned in Dublin City, Web Semantics: Science, Services and Agents on the World Wide Web, v24, 2014.
- Muhammad Saleem, Maulik R. Kamdar, Aftab Iqbal, Shanmukha Sampath, Helena F. Deus and Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomoa, Big Linked Cancer Data: Integrating Linked TCGA and PubMed, Web Semantics: Science, Services and Agents on the World Wide Web, v24, 2014.