Knowledge Mapping for Safe Festivals and Events: An Ontological Approach
Neha Singh, Pradeep Racherla, Clark Hu · Event Management · 2007
Knowledge has been viewed as one of the most important resources in organizations. Organizations are seen as knowledge creating entities where managing and sharing this knowledge is considered as the fundamental basis for creating sustainable competitive advantages. A consequence of this realization is the tremendous growth in various methodologies and tools to manage organizational knowledge for the benefit of the organization. Ontologies are major tools that enable management of vast amounts of data and information to create concrete knowledge structures, which aid users in exploring and understanding domain knowledge. The objectives of this article are: (1) to review the theoretical background of ontology and knowledge mapping, and (2) to present the procedures of constructing ontology for the domain of safety and security in event management. The ontology forms the basis to develop eSAFE (online knowledge-based system for safe festivals and events), a platform for event and festival management professionals to share and advance their domain knowledge. The ontology provides a platform for knowledge mapping and knowledge search and retrieval.