IASW – 2005, Jyväskylä, FinlandUniversity of Vaasa, Department of Computer Science, Finland INFORMATION ARCHITECTURES FOR SEMANTIC WEB APPLICATIONS Kimmo Salmenjoki, Yaroslav Tsaruk Univestity of Vaasa Gurusamy Arumugam Madurai Kamaraj University

IASW – 2005, Jyväskylä, FinlandUniversity of Vaasa, Department of Computer Science, Finland Key issues of information system building Used to be Data communication Nowadays System integration User involvement Service and lifetime aspects

IASW – 2005, Jyväskylä, FinlandUniversity of Vaasa, Department of Computer Science, Finland The classical web environment Used to develop to contain shared information architecture within some application domain The most notable the library information system and their organization is DC (Dublin Core) Nowadays it needs practical expandability to other application domains It is a reminder about complexity in developing widely shared vocabularies and their sharing

IASW – 2005, Jyväskylä, FinlandUniversity of Vaasa, Department of Computer Science, Finland Different approaches for unified service based IS development

IASW – 2005, Jyväskylä, FinlandUniversity of Vaasa, Department of Computer Science, Finland MODE project MODE stands for “Management of Distributed Expertise in International R&D Collaboration”. MODE addresses the implications of networked manufacturing, marketing and customer support in its business process and operation modes

IASW – 2005, Jyväskylä, FinlandUniversity of Vaasa, Department of Computer Science, Finland The aim of MODE project Create a unified and wide action plan for technology oriented development projects within the Ostrobothnia region by establishing hierarchical models, through which different actors can find each other in the various collaboration networks.

IASW – 2005, Jyväskylä, FinlandUniversity of Vaasa, Department of Computer Science, Finland BSN network BSN is a network of higher education institutions, regional development organisations and other organisations in the Baltic Sea Region (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden). Its purpose is to develop the Baltic Sea Region in accordance with EU policy

IASW – 2005, Jyväskylä, FinlandUniversity of Vaasa, Department of Computer Science, Finland BSOU project Baltic Sea Open University Creation of a virtual university The list of courses provided by education organizations (BSN partners) Provide joint degree for their students

IASW – 2005, Jyväskylä, FinlandUniversity of Vaasa, Department of Computer Science, Finland Relation between projects MODE project BSN network partners BSOU (Baltic Sea Open University) project As content for BSOU portal using information about BSN network’s partners

IASW – 2005, Jyväskylä, FinlandUniversity of Vaasa, Department of Computer Science, Finland Problems of establishing common terminology among BSN network partners Heterogeneous of partners, which come to the BSN network: Difference in structure of organization and education process Language Culture

IASW – 2005, Jyväskylä, FinlandUniversity of Vaasa, Department of Computer Science, Finland Basis for meta data placement in information architecture of the educational domain

IASW – 2005, Jyväskylä, FinlandUniversity of Vaasa, Department of Computer Science, Finland Ontology of Mode project

IASW – 2005, Jyväskylä, FinlandUniversity of Vaasa, Department of Computer Science, Finland Fragment of metadata in XML Schema format <xsd:schema xmlns:xsd = " xmlns:edu = “ version = "1.0"> “Department” class definition

IASW – 2005, Jyväskylä, FinlandUniversity of Vaasa, Department of Computer Science, Finland Fragment of metadata in RDF Schema format Class for departments The name of Institution or Department Location of organisation The field of science of institution or department Contact person of organisation

IASW – 2005, Jyväskylä, FinlandUniversity of Vaasa, Department of Computer Science, Finland Comparison of RDF and XML formats RDFXML Namespaces++ Structure of dataObject-orientedType Inheritance mechanism“SubClassof”, multiple inheritance subTypes diffenition: Extended restricted Data type“Literals” type(core RDFSchema) XML data type- latest version of RDF numerical temporal string Enumeration of properties - tag Availability of software components ++

IASW – 2005, Jyväskylä, FinlandUniversity of Vaasa, Department of Computer Science, Finland General architecture of system External RDBMS servers RDF storage Metadata engine Information extractor engine Sources of information Resource 1 Resource 2 Resource N Content provider Consumers of information Consumer 1 Consumer 2Consumer N Database 1 Database 2 Database N

IASW – 2005, Jyväskylä, FinlandUniversity of Vaasa, Department of Computer Science, Finland Software architecture for pilot system External RDBMS servers RDF storage Metadata engine Information extractor engine Content provider Consumers of information Client 1Client 2Client N Database Sources of information Java System Application Server DataBase Server

IASW – 2005, Jyväskylä, FinlandUniversity of Vaasa, Department of Computer Science, Finland The pilot version of BSOU portal

IASW – 2005, Jyväskylä, FinlandUniversity of Vaasa, Department of Computer Science, Finland Conclusion The process of building knowledge based applications needs accurate knowledge design The project meta data could be split: Strategic tasks Project metadata Contextual connection Methodology, technology, tools Information architecture Knowledge based application = +

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