An ontology for G2G collaboration in public policy making, implementation and evaluation

Artificial Intelligence and Law

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-48

  Loukis, Euripidis N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

G2G (Government to Government) Collaboration; G2G (Government to Government) e Government; Ontology; Public policy; Semantic web

Indexed keywords

LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; SEMANTIC WEB; SEMANTICS;

COLLABORATIVE PUBLIC POLICY; GOVERNMENTS;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 34047227841     PISSN: 09248463     EISSN: 15728382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10506-007-9041-5     Document Type: Article

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