Know Center Research

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Erdmann Michael, Hansch Daniel, Pammer-Schindler Viktoria, Rospocher Marco, Ghidini Chiara, Lindstaedt Stefanie , Serafini Luciano
2011
This chapter describes some extensions to and applications of the Semantic MediaWiki. It complements the discussion of the SMW in Chap. 3. Semantic enterprise wikis combine the strengths of traditional content management systems, databases, semantic knowledge management systems and collaborative Web 2.0 platforms. Section 12.1 presents SMW+, a product for developing semantic enterprise applications. The section describes a number of real-world applications that are realized with SMW+. These include content management, project management and semantic data integration. Section 12.2 presents MoKi, a semantic wiki for modeling enterprise processes and application domains. Example applications of MoKi include modeling tasks and topics for work-integrated learning, collaboratively building an ontology and modeling clinical protocols. The chapter illustrates the wealth of activities which semantic wikis support.
Scheir Peter, Prettenhofer Peter, Lindstaedt Stefanie , Ghidini Chiara
2010
While it is agreed that semantic enrichment of resources would lead to better search results, at present the low coverage of resources on the web with semantic information presents a major hurdle in realizing the vision of search on the Semantic Web. To address this problem, this chapter investigates how to improve retrieval performance in settings where resources are sparsely annotated with semantic information. Techniques from soft computing are employed to find relevant material that was not originally annotated with the concepts used in a query. The authors present an associative retrieval model for the Semantic Web and evaluate if and to which extent the use of associative retrieval techniques increases retrieval performance. In addition, the authors present recent work on adapting the network structure based on relevance feedback by the user to further improve retrieval effectiveness. The evaluation of new retrieval paradigms - such as retrieval based on technology for the Semantic Web - presents an additional challenge since no off-the-shelf test corpora exist. Hence, this chapter gives a detailed description of the approach taken to evaluate the information retrieval service the authors have built.
Lindstaedt Stefanie , Rospocher M., Ghidini C., Pammer-Schindler Viktoria, Serafini L.
2009
Enterprise modelling focuses on the construction of a structureddescription of relevant aspects of an enterprise, the so-called enterprisemodel. Within this contribution we describe a wiki-based tool forenterprise modelling, called MoKi (Modelling wiKi). It specifically facilitatescollaboration between actors with different expertise to develop anenterprise model by using structural (formal) descriptions as well as moreinformal and semi-formal descriptions of knowledge. It also supports theintegrated development of interrelated models covering different aspectsof an enterprise.
Lindstaedt Stefanie , Ghidini C., Kump Barbara, Mahbub N., Pammer-Schindler Viktoria, Rospocher M., Serafini L.
2009
Enterprise modelling focuses on the construction of a structureddescription, the so-called enterprise model, which represents aspectsrelevant to the activity of an enterprise. Although it has becomeclearer recently that enterprise modelling is a collaborative activity, involvinga large number of people, most of the enterprise modelling toolsstill only support very limited degrees of collaboration. Within thiscontribution we describe a tool for enterprise modelling, called MoKi(MOdelling wiKI), which supports agile collaboration between all differentactors involved in the enterprise modelling activities. MoKi is basedon a Semantic Wiki and enables actors with different expertise to developan enterprise model not only using structural (formal) descriptions butalso adopting more informal and semi-formal descriptions of knowledge.
Christl C., Ghidini C. , Guss J., Lindstaedt Stefanie , Pammer-Schindler Viktoria, Scheir Peter, Serafini L.
2008
Modern businesses operate in a rapidly changing environment.Continuous learning is an essential ingredient in order to stay competitivein such environments. The APOSDLE system utilizes semanticweb technologies to create a generic system for supporting knowledgeworkers in different domains to learnwork. Since APOSDLE relies onthree interconnected semantic models to achieve this goal, the questionon how to efficiently create high-quality semantic models has become oneof the major research challenges. On the basis of two concrete examplesnamelydeployment of such a learning system at EADS, a large corporation,and deployment at ISN, a network of SMEs-we report in detail theissues a company has to face, when it wants to deploy a modern learningenvironment relying on semantic web technology.