Title: Semantic lifecycles: modelling, application, authoring, mining, and evaluation of meaningful data

Authors: Felix Modritscher

Addresses: Institute for Information Systems and New Media, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Augasse 2-6, 1090 Vienna, Austria

Abstract: The Semantic Web aims at evolving the |web of data| to an |intelligent information space| which is responsive to both human beings and computer systems. Consequently, semantic technologies have emerged in many application fields, primarily to provide intelligent IT systems. Semantics, therefore, is considered to be the essence of systemic intelligence. In this paper, we introduce a lifecycle model for semantics, consisting of five phases: a) modeling; b) application; c) authoring; d) mining; e) evaluation of semantic information. With respect to this model, we analyse semantic lifecycles from former research work and summarise experiences as well as future research activities.

Keywords: semantic technologies; adaptation systems; information retrieval; data mining; semantic modelling; technology-enhanced learning; medical documentation; information evaluation; authoring; semantic web; internet; web intelligence; semantics lifecycle.

DOI: 10.1504/IJKWI.2009.027928

International Journal of Knowledge and Web Intelligence, 2009 Vol.1 No.1/2, pp.110 - 124

Published online: 19 Aug 2009 *

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