Title :
Identifying communities of practice through ontology network analysis
Author :
Alani, Harith ; Dasmahapatra, Srinandan ; O´Hara, Kieron ; Shadbolt, Nigel
Author_Institution :
Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
This article describes Ontocopi, a tool for identifying communities of practice by analyzing ontologies of relevant working domains. Ontocopi spots patterns in ontological formal relations, traversing the ontology from instance to instance via selected relations.
Keywords :
business data processing; knowledge based systems; knowledge engineering; social sciences computing; Ontocopi tool; communities of practice; knowledge based systems; ontological formal relations; ontology network analysis; social networks; Algorithm design and analysis; Best practices; Computer displays; Computer science; Knowledge management; Memory management; Ontologies; Plugs; Qualifications; Social network services;
Journal_Title :
Intelligent Systems, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MIS.2003.1193653
