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Ontological Engineering: with examples from the areas of Knowledge Management, e-Commerce and the Semantic Web. First Edition (Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing)

Ontologies provide a common vocabulary of an area and define - with different levels of formality - the meaning of the terms and the relationships between them. Ontologies may be reused and shared across applications and groups Concepts in the ontology are usually organized in taxonomies and relations between concepts, properties of concepts, and axioms are typically used for representing the knowledge contained in ontologies. With the growth of information available, e.g. on the WWW, they are popularly applied in knowledge management, semantic web, natural language generation, enterprise modelling, knowledge-based systems, ontology-based brokers, e-commerce platforms and interoperability between systems. This book looks at questions such as: * What is an ontology? * What are the uses of ontologies? * What types of ontologies exist? What are the most well-known ones? * How do I select the best ontology for my application? * What are the principles for building an ontology? * What methodologies should I use to build my own ontology? Which techniques are appropriate for each step? * How do software tools support the process of building and using ontologies? * What language can I use to implement ontologies? * How can I integrate ontologies in a given language? The book presents the theoretical foundations of ontological engineering and covers the practical aspects of selecting and applying methodologies, tools and languages for building ontologies. The applications of ontologies are also illustrated with case studies taken from the areas of knowledge management, e-commerce and the semantic web.

Disconnected Operation in a Distributed File System (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

This book is based on the author's PhD thesis which was selected during the 1993 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Competition as one of the three best submissions.
The focus of this work is on the issue of availability in distributed file systems. It presents the important new technique called disconnected operation, in which clients mask failures and voluntary network detachments by emulating the functionality of servers where actual server-oriented solutions are inadequate. This permits client operation even under complete isolation from the server; the clean integration of mobile computers into the system is an important side-effect of the new technique. The design and implementation of disconnected file service in a working system, the Coda file system, is described in detail.

Lotus Discovery Server 2.0 Deployment, Planning, and Integration: Deployment, Planning, and Integration (Ibm Redbooks.)

Inside the Lotus Discovery Server (Ibm Redbooks)

Information Technology: Converging Strategies and Trends for the 21st Century

CTR's 245-page report addresses the forces and technologies shaping the information technology (IT) industry as it moves into the 21st century and focuses on how an organization's IT function must change to meet new business needs. The report details how the information systems (IS) function in an organization must now implement technologies and strategies that add business value.

Information Technology: A Changing Business Environment

As information technology (IT) developments continually enable new business applications, success of organizations worldwide has become increasingly dependent on the effective creation, distribution, and use of information and knowledge. CTR's new report, Information Technology: Converging Strategies and Trends for the 21st Century, examines how information systems (IS) must now implement technologies and strategies that add business value, rather than simply automating old processes.

The report addresses the forces and technologies shaping the IT industry as it moves into the 21st century, with a focus on how an organization's IT function must change to meet new business needs. The report covers important technologies such as: knowledge management, IT infrastructure solutions, E-commerce, the Internet and intranets, and data warehousing.

Infrastructure Solutions

Most IS managers cannot afford the luxury of waiting for comprehensive infrastructure solutions. Instead, they must solve their management and administrative problems by implementing solutions now, anticipating a more comprehensive, enterprisewide solution for the long run.

The report covers various infrastructure issues, including the problems with Microsoft's Windows NT, the dominance of Intel, desktop systems management, and the four desktop computing choices: NetPCs, network computers (NCs), low-cost PCs, and high-end PCs.

Also included is a discussion of operating system (OS) management, response time issues, and database management systems (DBMS).

The Future of IT

IT is experiencing a convergence of applications, content, and interactivity. But despite recent, far-reaching changes in the information technology (IT) arena, the job of IT departments remains the same: to provide the technological foundations for a company's business processes. The critical information provided in the report will help IS managers: understand the move towards decentralization; learn how to achieve an effective return on investment (ROI); utilize the Internet, intranets, and the Web as business tools; choose an effective client/server (C/S) systems solution; develop an infrastructure strategy; and guide their organization into the 21st century.

Given all the available technologies, there are many new opportunities for IS in developing different types of applications and determining new ways of doing business. In this period of rapid change, IS managers must be prepared for the technological requirements of future business trends. CTR's Information Technology: Converging Strategies and Trends for the 21st Century report is an invaluable resource to aid in this process.

CLEARSTORY UNVEILS RADIANT ENTERPRISE MEDIA SERVER 2.1.: An article from: Worldwide Databases

This digital document is an article from Worldwide Databases, published by Thomson Gale on October 1, 2005. The length of the article is 457 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: CLEARSTORY UNVEILS RADIANT ENTERPRISE MEDIA SERVER 2.1.
Publication: Worldwide Databases (Newsletter)
Date: October 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 17 Issue: 10 Page: NA

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Engineering and Deployment of Cooperative Information Systems: First International Conference, EDCIS 2002, Beijing, China, September 17-20, 2002. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Engineering and Employment of Cooperative Information Systems, EDCIS 2002, held in Beijing, China, in September 2002.
The 44 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 159 submissions. The papers are organized on topical sections on workflow, ontologies, semantic web, enterprise application integration, mobile agents, enterprise modelling, distributed systems, analysis, software engineering, architectures, transactions, coordination, and groupware.