The Semantic Web: Its Role As an Aid to Collaboration

The Semantic Web: Its Role As an Aid to Collaboration

This article completes a three-part series on the educational potential of the Semantic Web. Earlier columns in this journal focused on the Semantic Web as an aid to locating information and as an aid to data integration. The focus of this article is on the Semantic Web as an aid to collaboration of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Computers in the schools 2012-10, Vol.29 (4), p.315-319
Hauptverfasser: Maddux, Cleborne D., Johnson, D. LaMont
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Collaboration
Data integration
Data integrity
Education
Proposals
Semantic web
Semantics
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Zusammenfassung:This article completes a three-part series on the educational potential of the Semantic Web. Earlier columns in this journal focused on the Semantic Web as an aid to locating information and as an aid to data integration. The focus of this article is on the Semantic Web as an aid to collaboration of many kinds. Various proposals for using the Semantic Web to foster collaboration are reviewed. Also discussed are problems and issues that will determine whether the Semantic Web will succeed in education.
ISSN:0738-0569
1528-7033
DOI:10.1080/07380569.2012.737292