Semantic annotation of collaborative work environments

Issue title: The role of ontologies in Linked Data, Big Data and Semantic Web applications

Guest editors: Kenneth Baclawski and Mike Bennett

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Baclawski, Kenneth

Affiliations: Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. E-mail: kenbaclawski@gmail.com

Note: [] Accepted by: Mike Bennett

Abstract: Environments for collaborative work and social networking are increasingly complex. There is a clear need for these environments to provide support for semantics. This report discusses work on semantic annotation and interoperability for such environments that began in a hackathon at the Ontology Summit 2014. Our hackathon was primarily concerned with developing semantic tools for the Ontolog Community Wiki, but applies to ecosystems that involve many tools and environments. The hackathon spawned subsequent work that is of independent interest, including the development of an ontology mapping tool for customizing generic repository software for more specific purposes.

Keywords: Semantic annotation, semantic interoperability, collaborative work environments, social networking, MediaWiki

DOI: 10.3233/AO-170186

Journal: Applied Ontology, vol. 12, no. 3-4, pp. 313-322, 2017