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
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