Visual ontology alignment for knowledge sharing and reuse

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 102-120

  Lanzenberger, Monika ^a   Sampson, Jennifer J ^b   Rester, Markus ^a   Naudet, Yannick ^c   Latour, Thibaud ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Audiovisual aids; Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049119227     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270810913658     Document Type: Article

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