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Using Ontologies to Strengthen Folksonomies and Enrich Information Retrieval in Weblogs (2007)
| Venue: | In Proc. of International Conference on Weblogs and Social |
| Citations: | 46 - 3 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Passant07usingontologies,
author = {Alexandre Passant},
title = {Using Ontologies to Strengthen Folksonomies and Enrich Information Retrieval in Weblogs},
booktitle = {In Proc. of International Conference on Weblogs and Social},
year = {2007}
}
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Abstract
While free-tagging classification is widely used in social soft-ware implementations and especially in weblogs, it raises var-ious issues regarding information retrieval. In this paper, we describe an approach that mixes folksonomies and semantic web technologies in order to solve some of these problems, and to enrich information retrieval capabilities among blog posts. We first introduce the corporate context of the study and the issues we have faced that motivated our approach. Then, we argue how the use of domain ontologies combined with the SIOC vocabulary on the top of an existing folksonomy and weblogging platform offers a way to get rid of free-tagging classification flaws, and enhances information retrieval by suggesting related blog posts. Aside of the theoretical background, this paper also fo-cuses on implementation. We present experimental results of this approach through the example of add-ons to a cor-porate blogging platform and the associated semantic web search engine, that extensively uses RDF and other semantic web technologies to find appropriate information and suggest related posts.
Keyphrases
strengthen folksonomies enrich information retrieval information retrieval semantic web technology free-tagging classification var-ious issue suggest related post cor-porate blogging platform domain ontology appropriate information related blog post free-tagging classification flaw information retrieval capability mix folksonomies blog post present experimental result semantic web search engine social soft-ware implementation theoretical background corporate context sioc vocabulary
