Semantic linking of learning object repositories to DBpedia

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 47-61

  Lama, Manuel ^a   Vidal, Juan C ^a   Otero García, Estefanía ^a   Bugarín, Alberto ^a   Barro, Senén ^a  

^a Universidade de Santiago de Compostela ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Dbpedia; Ieee lom; Learning objects; Linked data; Ontologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873821697     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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