Federating information portals through an ontology-centred approach: A feasibility study

Advanced Engineering Informatics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 340-354

  Rezgui, Yacine ^a   Wilson, Ian E ^a   Miles, John ^a   Hopfe, Christina J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIERS TO ADOPTION; CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; INFORMATION PORTALS; NATIONAL LEVEL; SEARCH FACILITIES;

DECISION MAKING; PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 77955424783     PISSN: 14740346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aei.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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