The Learning Organization: Volume 12 Issue 5

The semantic learning organization

Miguel‐Ángel Sicilia, Miltiadis D. Lytras

The aim of this paper is introducing the concept of a “semantic learning organization” (SLO) as an extension of the concept of “learning organization” in the technological domain.

Semantic networks and social networks

Stephen Downes

To illustrate the need for social network metadata within semantic metadata.

Social networking on the semantic web

Tim Finin, Li Ding, Lina Zhou, Anupam Joshi

Aims to investigate the way that the semantic web is being used to represent and process social network information.

Western and Eastern views on social networks

Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos

The aim of this paper is to examine social networks from a Western and Eastern view.

Aspect‐oriented re‐engineering of e‐learning courseware

Victor Pankratius, Wolffried Stucky, Gottfried Vossen

This paper proposes solutions to problems related to the maintenance and update of already existing e‐learning courseware.

An ontological representation of learning objects and learning designs as codified knowledge

Salvador Sánchez‐Alonso, Dirk Frosch‐Wilke

The aim of this paper is discussing about the similarities between the life cycle of knowledge management and the processes in which learning objects are created, evaluated and…

Combining ontologies and peer‐to‐peer technologies for inter‐organizational knowledge management

Heiner Stuckenschmidt, Wolf Siberski, Wolfgang Nejdl

The purpose of the paper is to review the characteristics of systems that combine P2P technology with explicit ontologies and assess the benefits of these technologies for…

Strategic industrial alliances in paper industry: XML‐ vs Ontology‐based integration platforms

Anton Naumenko, Sergiy Nikitin, Vagan Terziyan, Andriy Zharko

To identify cases related to design of ICT platforms for industrial alliances, where the use of Ontology‐driven architectures based on Semantic web standards is more advantageous…