StYLiD: Structured Information Sharing with User-defined Concepts

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author:	Aman Shakya, Hideaki Takeda, Vilas Wuwongse
abstract:	Information sharing can be effective with structured data. However, there are several challenges for having structured data. Creating structured definitions is difficult and multiple conceptualizations may exist due to different user requirements and preferences. We propose a social software called StYLiD for sharing a wide variety of structured data. It provides an easy platform for users to freely define their own structured concepts. We propose consolidating multiple concept definitions by different users into a unified virtual concept. Attributes of the multiple concept versions are aligned semi-automatically to provide a unified view. Popular concepts gradually emerge from the cloud of concepts while concepts evolve incrementally. StYLiD also helps in interlinking data including external resources like Wikipedia. It can be used as an information sharing platform, lightweight content management system and for information integration and collaborative design of data models.
keywords:	information sharing, semantic web, social software
year:	2008
month:	October
booktitle:	Proceedings of the annual conference of Japanese Business Model Society (Biz-model 2008), web technology and business model session
pages:	111-115
organization:	Business Model Association
address:	Tokyo, Japan