Ebook: Emerging Technologies and Information Systems for the Knowledge Society: First World Summit on the Knowledge Society, WSKS 2008, Athens, Greece, September 24-26, 2008. Proceedings

This book, in conjunction with the volume CCIS 19, constitutes the refereed proceedings of theFirst World Summit, WSKS 2008, held in Athens, Greece, in September 2008. The 64 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 286 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on social & humanistic computing for the knowledge society; knowledge, learning, education, learning technologies and e-learning for the knowledge society; information technologies for the knowledge society; culture & cultural heritage - technology for culture management - management of tourism and entertainment - tourism networks in the knowledge society; government and democracy for the knowledge society.

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This book, in conjunction with the volume CCIS 19, constitutes the refereed proceedings of theFirst World Summit, WSKS 2008, held in Athens, Greece, in September 2008. The 64 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 286 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on social & humanistic computing for the knowledge society; knowledge, learning, education, learning technologies and e-learning for the knowledge society; information technologies for the knowledge society; culture & cultural heritage - technology for culture management - management of tourism and entertainment - tourism networks in the knowledge society; government and democracy for the knowledge society.

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This book, in conjunction with the volume CCIS 19, constitutes the refereed proceedings of theFirst World Summit, WSKS 2008, held in Athens, Greece, in September 2008. The 64 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 286 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on social & humanistic computing for the knowledge society; knowledge, learning, education, learning technologies and e-learning for the knowledge society; information technologies for the knowledge society; culture & cultural heritage - technology for culture management - management of tourism and entertainment - tourism networks in the knowledge society; government and democracy for the knowledge society.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
Inclusive Social Tagging: A Paradigm for Tagging-Services in the Knowledge Society....Pages 1-10
A Unifying Framework for Building Social Computing Applications....Pages 11-21
Eye Knowledge Network: A Social Network for the Eye Care Community....Pages 22-30
Human-Centric Design of Percipient Knowledge Distribution Service....Pages 31-40
Towards a Community of Practice Toolkit Based on Semantically Marked Up Artifacts....Pages 41-50
An Annotation-Based Access Control Model and Tools for Collaborative Information Spaces....Pages 51-60
Attributions of Human-Avatar Relationship Closeness in a Virtual Community....Pages 61-69
Modelling an Environmental Knowledge-Representation System....Pages 70-78
Combining OpenEHR Archetype Definitions with SWRL Rules – A Translation Approach....Pages 79-87
Psychology in the ICT Era: Electronic Psychology....Pages 88-95
Towards an Ontology for Describing Emotions....Pages 96-104
Strategic IT Alignment in Swedish Public Healthcare System....Pages 105-113
Understanding Network Mobility in Pervasive Markets: Realistic Human Shopping Behavioral Model....Pages 114-122
User Information Satisfaction with a Knowledge-Based Virtual Community: An Empirical Investigation....Pages 123-130
ICT and Cultural Heritage Education: Which Added Value?....Pages 131-138
A Multi-Agent Model for Mine Detection – MAMMD....Pages 139-148
Proposal of a Tool of Support to the Evaluation of User in Educative Web Sites....Pages 149-157
Time Orientation Device for Special Education....Pages 158-166
Designing Collaborative Learning and Innovation Systems for Education Professionals....Pages 167-176
Personalized Learning Using Ontologies and Semantic Web Technologies....Pages 177-186
LIA: An Intelligent Advisor for e-Learning....Pages 187-196
A Strategy for Achieving Learning Content Repurposing....Pages 197-204
Supporting Effective Monitoring and Knowledge Building in Online Collaborative Learning Systems....Pages 205-214
Educational Games Design Issues: Motivation and Multimodal Interaction....Pages 215-224
A Business Plans Training Tool Based on the Semantic Web Principles....Pages 225-233
Asynchronous Tele-education and Computer-Enhanced Learning Services in the Greek School Network....Pages 234-242
Particle Swarms for Competency-Based Curriculum Sequencing....Pages 243-252
Copyright Management for the LUISA Semantic Learning Content Management System....Pages 253-262
Teaching of English to Hearing Impaired Individuals Whose Mother Language Is the Sign Language....Pages 263-270
The Determinants of the Effectiveness of Online Discussion Board Systems in eLearning: A Case Study....Pages 271-277
Can the Learning Process in a Distance University Be Improved?....Pages 278-285
Approaches to Knowledge Management in Greek Firms....Pages 286-295
Lecomps5: A Framework for the Automatic Building of Personalized Learning Sequences....Pages 296-303
Evolving Mechanisms of Virtual Learning Communities: Lessons Learned from a Case in Higher Education....Pages 304-313
A Recommender System Architecture for Instructional Engineering....Pages 314-321
Programming Robots in Primary Schools Deserves a Renewed Attention....Pages 322-331
The Development of a Self-assessment System for the Learners Answers with the Use of GPNN....Pages 332-340
Development of Online Inquiry Environments to Support Project-Based Learning of Robotics....Pages 341-353
Ontology-Based User Modelling Personalization: Analyzing the Requirements of a Semantic Learning Portal....Pages 354-363
Social Recommendations within the Multimedia Sharing Systems....Pages 364-372
Webstrategy Formulation: Benefiting from Web 2.0 Concepts to Deliver Business Values....Pages 373-384
The Rhizomer Semantic Content Management System....Pages 385-394
Business Metrics Discovery by Business Rules....Pages 395-402
The Origin, Representation, and Use of Collaboration Patterns in a Medical Community of Practice....Pages 403-412
Semantics-Aware Resolution of Multi-part Persistent Indentifiers....Pages 413-422
The Impact of Readability on the Usefulness of Online Product Reviews: A Case Study on an Online Bookstore....Pages 423-432
An on Demand Business Context to Improve Software Development Process Based on Business Knowledge....Pages 433-440
Organizational Knowledge Sources Integration through an Ontology-Based Approach: The Onto-DOM Architecture....Pages 441-450
A Capability Assessment Framework for the Adoption of B2B Integration Systems....Pages 451-459
Inclusion in the Information Society for the “Excluded” Women in Greek Thrace....Pages 460-468
On Significance of Ontology Quality in Ontology-Driven Web Search....Pages 469-478
Biggest Barriers to Effectiveness in CIO Role in Large Portuguese Companies....Pages 479-488
A Computational Experiment to Describe Opinion Formation Using a Master Equation and Monte Carlo Simulations....Pages 489-500
A UML Model of the Client Tracking System at the Learning Enrichment Foundation in Toronto, Canada: A Study of Class, Object, and State Diagrams....Pages 501-512
Searching with Document Space Adapted Ontologies....Pages 513-522
Knowledge-Intensive Interactive Systems Design in Cultural Context....Pages 523-530
Mobile and Accessible ICTs for Museography....Pages 531-539
CallimachusDL: Using Semantics to Enhance Search and Retrieval in a Digital Library....Pages 540-548
Spatial Information Retrieval from Images Using Ontologies and Semantic Maps....Pages 549-556
Pattern Matching Techniques to Identify Syntactic Variations of Tags in Folksonomies....Pages 557-564
Accessible Tourism for the Disabled: Long Tail Theory....Pages 565-572
A Social Networking Exploration of Political Blogging in Greece....Pages 573-582
Implementing an e-Government Observatory for Rural SMEs....Pages 583-592
A Semantic Based Collaborative System for the Interoperability of XBRL Accounting Information....Pages 593-599
Back Matter....Pages -

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This book, in conjunction with the volume CCIS 19, constitutes the refereed proceedings of theFirst World Summit, WSKS 2008, held in Athens, Greece, in September 2008. The 64 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 286 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on social & humanistic computing for the knowledge society; knowledge, learning, education, learning technologies and e-learning for the knowledge society; information technologies for the knowledge society; culture & cultural heritage - technology for culture management - management of tourism and entertainment - tourism networks in the knowledge society; government and democracy for the knowledge society.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
Inclusive Social Tagging: A Paradigm for Tagging-Services in the Knowledge Society....Pages 1-10
A Unifying Framework for Building Social Computing Applications....Pages 11-21
Eye Knowledge Network: A Social Network for the Eye Care Community....Pages 22-30
Human-Centric Design of Percipient Knowledge Distribution Service....Pages 31-40
Towards a Community of Practice Toolkit Based on Semantically Marked Up Artifacts....Pages 41-50
An Annotation-Based Access Control Model and Tools for Collaborative Information Spaces....Pages 51-60
Attributions of Human-Avatar Relationship Closeness in a Virtual Community....Pages 61-69
Modelling an Environmental Knowledge-Representation System....Pages 70-78
Combining OpenEHR Archetype Definitions with SWRL Rules – A Translation Approach....Pages 79-87
Psychology in the ICT Era: Electronic Psychology....Pages 88-95
Towards an Ontology for Describing Emotions....Pages 96-104
Strategic IT Alignment in Swedish Public Healthcare System....Pages 105-113
Understanding Network Mobility in Pervasive Markets: Realistic Human Shopping Behavioral Model....Pages 114-122
User Information Satisfaction with a Knowledge-Based Virtual Community: An Empirical Investigation....Pages 123-130
ICT and Cultural Heritage Education: Which Added Value?....Pages 131-138
A Multi-Agent Model for Mine Detection – MAMMD....Pages 139-148
Proposal of a Tool of Support to the Evaluation of User in Educative Web Sites....Pages 149-157
Time Orientation Device for Special Education....Pages 158-166
Designing Collaborative Learning and Innovation Systems for Education Professionals....Pages 167-176
Personalized Learning Using Ontologies and Semantic Web Technologies....Pages 177-186
LIA: An Intelligent Advisor for e-Learning....Pages 187-196
A Strategy for Achieving Learning Content Repurposing....Pages 197-204
Supporting Effective Monitoring and Knowledge Building in Online Collaborative Learning Systems....Pages 205-214
Educational Games Design Issues: Motivation and Multimodal Interaction....Pages 215-224
A Business Plans Training Tool Based on the Semantic Web Principles....Pages 225-233
Asynchronous Tele-education and Computer-Enhanced Learning Services in the Greek School Network....Pages 234-242
Particle Swarms for Competency-Based Curriculum Sequencing....Pages 243-252
Copyright Management for the LUISA Semantic Learning Content Management System....Pages 253-262
Teaching of English to Hearing Impaired Individuals Whose Mother Language Is the Sign Language....Pages 263-270
The Determinants of the Effectiveness of Online Discussion Board Systems in eLearning: A Case Study....Pages 271-277
Can the Learning Process in a Distance University Be Improved?....Pages 278-285
Approaches to Knowledge Management in Greek Firms....Pages 286-295
Lecomps5: A Framework for the Automatic Building of Personalized Learning Sequences....Pages 296-303
Evolving Mechanisms of Virtual Learning Communities: Lessons Learned from a Case in Higher Education....Pages 304-313
A Recommender System Architecture for Instructional Engineering....Pages 314-321
Programming Robots in Primary Schools Deserves a Renewed Attention....Pages 322-331
The Development of a Self-assessment System for the Learners Answers with the Use of GPNN....Pages 332-340
Development of Online Inquiry Environments to Support Project-Based Learning of Robotics....Pages 341-353
Ontology-Based User Modelling Personalization: Analyzing the Requirements of a Semantic Learning Portal....Pages 354-363
Social Recommendations within the Multimedia Sharing Systems....Pages 364-372
Webstrategy Formulation: Benefiting from Web 2.0 Concepts to Deliver Business Values....Pages 373-384
The Rhizomer Semantic Content Management System....Pages 385-394
Business Metrics Discovery by Business Rules....Pages 395-402
The Origin, Representation, and Use of Collaboration Patterns in a Medical Community of Practice....Pages 403-412
Semantics-Aware Resolution of Multi-part Persistent Indentifiers....Pages 413-422
The Impact of Readability on the Usefulness of Online Product Reviews: A Case Study on an Online Bookstore....Pages 423-432
An on Demand Business Context to Improve Software Development Process Based on Business Knowledge....Pages 433-440
Organizational Knowledge Sources Integration through an Ontology-Based Approach: The Onto-DOM Architecture....Pages 441-450
A Capability Assessment Framework for the Adoption of B2B Integration Systems....Pages 451-459
Inclusion in the Information Society for the “Excluded” Women in Greek Thrace....Pages 460-468
On Significance of Ontology Quality in Ontology-Driven Web Search....Pages 469-478
Biggest Barriers to Effectiveness in CIO Role in Large Portuguese Companies....Pages 479-488
A Computational Experiment to Describe Opinion Formation Using a Master Equation and Monte Carlo Simulations....Pages 489-500
A UML Model of the Client Tracking System at the Learning Enrichment Foundation in Toronto, Canada: A Study of Class, Object, and State Diagrams....Pages 501-512
Searching with Document Space Adapted Ontologies....Pages 513-522
Knowledge-Intensive Interactive Systems Design in Cultural Context....Pages 523-530
Mobile and Accessible ICTs for Museography....Pages 531-539
CallimachusDL: Using Semantics to Enhance Search and Retrieval in a Digital Library....Pages 540-548
Spatial Information Retrieval from Images Using Ontologies and Semantic Maps....Pages 549-556
Pattern Matching Techniques to Identify Syntactic Variations of Tags in Folksonomies....Pages 557-564
Accessible Tourism for the Disabled: Long Tail Theory....Pages 565-572
A Social Networking Exploration of Political Blogging in Greece....Pages 573-582
Implementing an e-Government Observatory for Rural SMEs....Pages 583-592
A Semantic Based Collaborative System for the Interoperability of XBRL Accounting Information....Pages 593-599
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