Ontology-enhanced user interfaces: A survey

International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 36-59

  Paulheim, Heiko ^a   Probst, Florian ^a  

^a SAP RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ontologies; Ontology Enhanced User Interfaces; Software Systems; User Interaction; User Interfaces

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS LOGIC LAYERS; RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; STATE OF THE ART; USER INTERACTION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; SURVEYS; USER INTERFACES;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 77954892903     PISSN: 15526283     EISSN: 15526291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jswis.2010040103     Document Type: Article

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