Practical applications of networking standards for KOS

Hi Ron:

You might be interested in the algorithm my colleague Marek Hatala and I developed for searching web resources using multiple concept schemas. We use SKOS concept schemas, SKOS Mapping vocabulary, and Jess as an implementation language. We experimented with ACM Computing classification system, Merlot directory, and a part of Dewey Decimal Classification System. Details you can see in the paper: 

Gasevic, D., Hatala, M., "Searching Web Resources Using Ontology Mappings," In Proceedings of the Workshop on Integrating Ontologies (at the 3rd International Conference on Knowledge Capture), (CEUR Workshop Proceedings Vol. 156, http://CEUR-WS.org/Vol-156), Banff, Canada, 2005, pp. 33-40, http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/Publications/CEUR-WS//Vol-156/paper6.pdf

Any comments, questions, ... are very welcome :).

Regards,
Dragan


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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ron Davies 
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  Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 11:48 AM
  Subject: Practical applications of networking standards for KOS


  My apologies in advance for cross-posting.

  For a presentation this spring, I am trying to collect information on practical, real world uses of standards for sharing and making use of networked knowledge organisation systems. Knowledge organisation systems (KOS) of course include classification schemes, subject heading lists, thesauri, ontologies and other controlled vocabularies. Uses might include migrating schemes from a management system to a retrieval application or another management application, translation of a thesaurus from one natural language to another,  translating searches from one indexing language to another (or from one natural language to another), and expanding or enriching queries. 

  If you are using a standard for presenting the content of classification schemes, thesauri or ontologies in a networked environment or a standard protocol for accessing that information, please send me some brief information or references to your application, and (ideally) a URL where this information will be available. If you are not using a standard, but are still doing any of the above, I would also be interested in hearing about your application. I will, of course, summarise responses for the list. 

  Thanks in advance.

  Ron 

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