Ontologies and the semantic web: problems and perspectives for LIS professionals

Authors

  • Joseph T. Tennis School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, The University of British Columbia, Canadá
  • Javier Calzada Prado Departamento de Biblioteconomía y Documentación, Facultad Humanidades, Comunicación y Documentación, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, España

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54886/ibersid.v1i.3322

Abstract

Nowadays, many Library and Information Science (LIS) professionals still do not know their precise role in the development of the Semantic Web, especially those aspects concerning ontologies. This paper intends to contribute clarifying this issue in a twofold manner: 1) identifying main trends, issues and problems concerning ontology research; and 2) identifying possible contributions from the LIS area to the development of ontologies for the semantic web. To do so, a thorough literature review based on searches in international databases (LISA, SCI, SSCI, ACM Digital Library and IEEE Explore) is carried out. Then, the paper presents a discussion of the main trends, issues and problems concerning ontology research. Recommendations of possible LIS contributions to the development of ontologies for the semantic web are finally presented.

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Published

2007-09-15

How to Cite

Tennis, J. T., & Calzada Prado, J. (2007). Ontologies and the semantic web: problems and perspectives for LIS professionals. Ibersid: Journal of Information and Documentation Systems (ISSNe 2174-081X; ISSN 1888-0967), 1, 303–311. https://doi.org/10.54886/ibersid.v1i.3322

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Vol. 1 (2007)

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