• DocumentCode
    1179375
  • Title

    Identifying communities of practice through ontology network analysis

  • Author

    Alani, Harith ; Dasmahapatra, Srinandan ; O´Hara, Kieron ; Shadbolt, Nigel

  • Author_Institution
    Southampton Univ., UK
  • Volume
    18
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    18
  • Lastpage
    25
  • Abstract
    This article describes Ontocopi, a tool for identifying communities of practice by analyzing ontologies of relevant working domains. Ontocopi spots patterns in ontological formal relations, traversing the ontology from instance to instance via selected relations.
  • Keywords
    business data processing; knowledge based systems; knowledge engineering; social sciences computing; Ontocopi tool; communities of practice; knowledge based systems; ontological formal relations; ontology network analysis; social networks; Algorithm design and analysis; Best practices; Computer displays; Computer science; Knowledge management; Memory management; Ontologies; Plugs; Qualifications; Social network services;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Intelligent Systems, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1541-1672
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MIS.2003.1193653
  • Filename
    1193653