Ontology visualization: Tools and techniques for visual representation of semi-structured meta-data

Journal of Universal Computer Science

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1036-1054

  Lanzenberger, Monika ^a,c   Sampson, Jennifer ^b   Rester, Markus ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c European Research Council   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Information visualization techniques; Ontology; Semantic web

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953257717     PISSN: 0958695X     EISSN: 09486968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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