RuleML-based learning object interoperability on the Semantic Web

Interactive Technology and Smart Education

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-58

  Biletskiy, Yevgen ^a   Ranganathan, Girish R ^a   Boley, Harold ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Programming languages; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881271947     PISSN: 17415659     EISSN: 17588510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17415650810871574     Document Type: Article

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