The Potential for Use of Semantic Web Technologies in IK Management Systems
Thomas Fogwill, Ronéll Alberts, CM Keet · 2012
This paper describes several opportunities to supp ort and enhance Indigenous Knowledge digital repositories through t he application of ontologies and semantic web technologies. Several needs for Indige nous Knowledge management systems are articulated. They are analysed to evalu ate the possible application of semantic web technologies in IK management systems. Based on their potential for impact and their maturity, a number of these possib le applications are recommended for further investigation and inclusion into curren t or new IK management systems. These include: an enhanced, ontology based querying facility; a facility to browse the knowledge using ontology navigation; a natural language independent ontology for multilingual data access; and a facility to sup port collaborative knowledge generation. The implementation of selected semantic web technologies in the National IK Management System (NIKMAS) is briefly described.