Ontology-based domain modelling for consistent content change management

Ontology-based modelling of multi-formatted software application content is a challenging area in content management. When the number of software content unit is huge and in continuous process of change, content change management is important. The management of content in this context requires targeted access and manipulation methods. We present a novel approach to deal with model-driven content-centric information systems and access to their content. At the core of our approach is an ontology-based semantic annotation technique for diversely formatted content that can improve the accuracy of access and systems evolution. Domain ontologies represent domain-specific concepts and conform to metamodels. Different ontologies - from application domain ontologies to software ontologies - capture and model the different properties and perspectives on a software content unit. Interdependencies between domain ontologies, the artifacts and the content are captured through a trace model. The annotation traces are formalised and a graph-based system is selected for the representation of the annotation traces

Learning roadmaps for Higher Education

An integrated platform for the support of teaching activities as been developed and deployed at the Aveiro Norte Polytechnic School of the University of Aveiro. In this paper we present an approach to Learning Roadmaps for Higher Education based on this platform. The aprend.e platform – Electronic Integrated System for Learning and Training - has at its core a Learning Management System with a number of plugins. It represents a new challenge for the University of Aveiro for higher education and is already being at its core is the concept of learning roadmaps that act upon two fundamental axes: education and learning. For the teachers, it aims at becoming a self-supporting tool that stimulates the organization and management of the course materials (lectures, presentations, multimedia content, and evaluation materials, amongst others). For the students, the learning roadmap aims at promoting self-study and supervised study, endowing the pupil with the capabilities to find the relevant information and to capture the concepts in the study materials. The outcome will be a stimulating learning process together with an organized management of those materials

A named data networking flexible framework for management communications

The ongoing changes in the way we use the Internet are motivating the definition of new information-distributing designs for an interworking layer. Recently, information-centric networking (ICN) concepts have defined mechanisms focusing on which information to get rather than where it is located. However, the still unfledged architectures instantiating such concepts have disregarded vital operations, such as management aspects aiming to optimize content retrieval by the User Equipment (UE). In this article, a flexible management framework is proposed, which enhances existing Named Data Networking (NDN) architectures in allowing both the network and the UE to employ management mechanisms over the NDN fabric. We illustrate our management framework with an implementation over an open-source NDN software, considering the specific case study of interface management. We quantitatively access the performance gains achieved through the usage of this framework in such scenarios, when compared to un-managed NDN mechanisms.This article has been partially supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) grant agreement SFRH / BD / 61629 / 2009, and by the Madrid Community through the MEDIANET project (S-2009/TIC- 1468).Publicad

Becoming an information architect: The evolving librarian’s skillset, mindset, and professional identity

Learning the essential concepts and skills of information architecture (IA) has the potential to not only significantly extend the abilities of practicing library and information science (LIS) professionals, but also to evolve their professional identities and envisioned career opportunities. An online course on IA was designed around: the principles of threshold concepts, practical knowledge for the workplace, and professional ‘soft’ skills, such as collaboration and basic project management. The primary objective for the course was creating experiences for students in which they could discover and engage with critical concepts in IA and to collaborate with their peers to design content-rich and user-centred websites. The learning experiences of two sections of the course (n= 32) were studied, through questionnaires and reflective writings, and analysed thematically. The outcome was that, in learning information architecture concepts, and acquiring and applying the concepts and tools to do information architecture work, the students did more than acquire new professional skillsets; they also evolved in their professional identities

Kontent-administration of the Informative system of planning of scientific researches in the Academy of pedagogical sciences of Ukraine on the base of network the Internet

Узагальнено досвід адміністрування мережі «Партнерство в навчанні» на платформі Microsoft SharePoint як прототипу для побудови інформаційної системи планування наукових досліджень в Академії педагогічних наук України на базі мережі Інтернет (далі – ІС «Планування»). Проаналізовано доцільність використання платформи Microsoft SharePoint для побудови інформаційних систем галузі освіти. Описано програмні засоби контент-адміністрування на прикладі керування контентом мережі «Партнерство в навчанні»; наведено основні поняття елементів керування ІС «Планування»; описано основні операції контент-адмініструванняThe experience of administration of a network «Partners In Learning Network » on Microsoft SharePoint platform as prototype for construction of information system Planning of scientific researches in Academy of pedagogical sciences of Ukraine on the basis of a network the Internet» (further - IS «Planning») is generalized in article. The expediency of use Microsoft SharePoint platform for construction of information systems for education branch is analyzed. Content-management software on an example of «Partners in Learning Network» content-management are described, the basic concepts of elements of management IS «Planning» are resulted; the basic terms of content-administration are describe