Ontology for an e-participation virtual resource centre

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 232, Issue , 2007, Pages 89-98

  Wimmer, Maria A ^a  

^a University of Koblenz Landau ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

E participation; Ontology; Virtual resource centre

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER PROJECT; E-PARTICIPATION; ENTRY POINT; FRAMEWORK PROGRAM; KNOWLEDGE PORTALS; PRACTICAL INSTRUMENTS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS; VIRTUAL RESOURCE;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 77953778862     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1328057.1328079     Document Type: Conference Paper

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