Publications
Report
Peer-reviewed
From thesauri to Ontologies: A short case study in the food safety area in how ontologies are more powerful than thesauri From thesauri to RDFS to OWL
Issued on
2004
This short case study will show on the basis of a simple example taken from the Food Safety area, how ontologies differ from thesauri. The example will start with showing an extract from the AGROVOC1 thesaurus and exploring the information that can be extracted from here. We will then develop...
Conference paper
Peer-reviewed
Metadata Exchange without pain: the AGRIS AP to harvest and exchange quality metadata
Issued on
2004
This paper focuses on the AGRIS Application Profile (AGRIS AP), a standard created specifically to enhance description, exchange and subsequent retrieval of agricultural Document-Like Information Objects (DLIOs). The AGRIS AP provides a minimum interoperability layer through which agricultural information can be described and exchanged. The standard, developed in light of...
Conference paper
Peer-reviewed
Automatic multi-label subject indexing in a multilingual environment
Issued on
2003
This paper presents an approach to automatically subject index fulltext documents with multiple labels based on binary support vector machines(SVM). The aim was to test the applicability of SVMs with a real world dataset. We have also explored the feasibility of incorporating multilingual background knowledge, as represented in thesauri or...
Journal article (Print/Paginated)
Peer-reviewed
Pruning-based identification of domain ontologies
Issued on
2003
We present a novel approach of extracting a domain ontology from large-scale thesauri. Concepts are identified to be relevant for a domain based on their frequent occurrence in domain texts. The approach allows to bootstrap the ontology engineering process from given legacy thesauri and identifies an initial domain ontology that...
Conference paper
Peer-reviewed
Structured Metadata for Direct Resource Location: A Case Study
Issued on
2003
This paper proposes that for scientific and technical information resources, a well-structured and high-quality metadata record contains enough information to find that resource on the Internet, and as a consequence, no additional human labour is needed to create or maintain any links. Research was performed by creating a control group...
Conference paper
Peer-reviewed
Automatically Categorizing Metadata Databases into a Categorization Scheme on a Large Scale Web Site
Issued on
2003
In order to provide thematic access to the large scale web site of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), we have adapted a scheme used in bibliographical databases to allow subject browsing on FAO’s web site. This requires categorizing existing database records across the organizations web sites into the new...
Journal article (On-line/Unpaginated)
Peer-reviewed
Information management e ricerca scientifica : coordinate per documentare l'aerospazio. Tradizioni consolidate e nuovi trend [Information management nel settore aerospaziale. Atti del seminario svoltosi al CIRA - Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospazi...
Issued on
2002
This brief speech introduces the seminar Information management nel settore aerospaziale, outlining the strength and the weakness of the sector in a changing environment. New approaches of the information specialists and expected outputs of the AIM-EU Study are described.
Journal article (On-line/Unpaginated)
Peer-reviewed
Information management e ricerca scientifica : coordinate per documentare l'aerospazio. Tavola rotonda Information management nel settore aerospaziale [Information management nel settore aerospaziale. Atti del seminario svoltosi al CIRA - Centro I...
Issued on
2002
Round table discussants: Ferruccio Diozzi, CIRA; John Harrington, Cranfi eld University; Roy Kitley, British Library; Rodolfo Monti, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II"; Paul Needham, Cranfi eld University; Mauro Russo, Alenia Aeronautica SpA; Roberto Stalio, ASI; Ennio Tarantola, Università degli Studi "Roma Tre". The aim of the round table...
Journal article (On-line/Unpaginated)
Peer-reviewed
Information management e ricerca scientifica : coordinate per documentare l'aerospazio. AIM-Eu : a study of aerospace information management in Europe [Information management nel settore aerospaziale. Atti del seminario svoltosi al CIRA - Centro I...
Issued on
2002
A team of information specialists based at Cranfield University Information and Library Service is currently undertaking a study of information management in the European aerospace sector on behalf of the British Library and the European Space Agency (ESA). This article provides a brief overview of the context of the study...
Conference paper
Peer-reviewed
Building An Integrated Formal Ontology for Semantic Interoperability in the Fishery Domain
Issued on
2002
This paper outlines a project (involving FAO, SIFAR, and CNR) aiming at building a formal ontology in the fishery domain. The ontology will support semantic interoperability among existing fishery information systems and will enhance information extraction and text marking, envisaging a fishery semantic web. The ontology is being built through...