Title: A semantic web technology based framework for educational-offer selection in higher education

Authors: Sandeep Kumar, Kuldeep Kumar, Ankita Jain

Addresses: Department of Computer Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IT–BHU), Varanasi 221005, India. ' Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET), Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra 136118, Haryana, India. ' Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra 136118, Haryana, India

Abstract: Semantic web technology can be applied to a wide range of application domains. Educational-offer selection is an area of the education domain, which can benefit greatly from the application of semantic web technology. The paper explores the educational-offer selection problem as an application of semantic web technology. It specifically deals with the problem of higher education admission. A semantic web-based model for educational-offer selection is presented. Further, Semantic Web Service (SWS) selection and composition models are shown to be applicable to the problem of educational-offer selection. A prototype system, implementing semantic web-based educational-offer selection, is presented.

Keywords: educational offers; offer selection; semantic web; applications; service selection; service composition; higher education admission; university admission.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMSO.2009.027752

International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies, 2009 Vol.4 No.3, pp.165 - 182

Published online: 10 Aug 2009 *

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