Merging Capabilities of the Social Web and the Semantic Web to Support Knowledge Management in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information, Process, and Knowledge Management (eKNOW 2013) 2013
Raitis Ševelis, Alla Anohina-Naumeca

The research focuses on finding an interlinking solution for integration of the Social Web and the Semantic Web for knowledge management needs of small and medium-sized enterprises in respect to preserving their knowledge assets. The solution proposed includes a conceptual level framework for describing metadata of knowledge assets and a process for its usage. The framework can be used for introduction of a semi-structured knowledge repository which role is to act as a middleware between Social Web and Semantic Web tools used by small and medium-sized enterprises. Moreover, analysis of data acquired through online questionnaire and reveling trends in usage of Social Web environments and knowledge management activities within small and medium-sized enterprises is presented in the paper.

Keywords
Semantic Web; Social Web; knowledge management; DBpedia; small and medium-sized enterprise
Hyperlink
http://www.thinkmind.org/index.php?view=article&articleid=eknow_2013_5_10_60053

Ševelis, R., Anohina-Naumeca, A. Merging Capabilities of the Social Web and the Semantic Web to Support Knowledge Management in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. In: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information, Process, and Knowledge Management (eKNOW 2013), France, Nice, 24 Feb-1 Mar., 2013. Nice: IARIA, 2013, pp.74-80. ISBN 9781612082547.

Publication language
English (en)