Organisational challenges of the semantic web in digital libraries: A Norwegian case study

Online Information Review

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 973-985

  Bygstad, Bendik ^a   Ghinea, Gheorghita ^b   Klæboe, Geir Tore ^c  

^a Norwegian School of Information Technology   (Norway)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c G2 Consulting   (Norway)

Author keywords

Digital libraries; Norway; Organizations; Semantics

Indexed keywords

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; MIDDLE MANAGERS; NATIONAL LIBRARIES; NORWAY; ONTOLOGY ENGINEERING; ORGANISATIONAL LEVEL; ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE; SEMANTIC WEB RESEARCH; SEMANTIC WEB TECHNOLOGY; SOCIOTECHNICAL; TECHNOLOGICAL LEVEL; TECHNOLOGY ISSUES; USER GROUPS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; ONTOLOGY; RESEARCH; SEMANTIC WEB; SEMANTICS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES;

EID: 74549203253     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520911001945     Document Type: Article

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