Computing support for virtual communities of practice

This document describes a research and development project - Semantic Web and Cooperative Problem Solving for Online Communities of Practice. The aim of the project is to build a system supporting Cooperative Problem Solving within the framework of online Communities of Practice, applying the concepts of the Semantic Web. The document presents the background, objectives and partial results of the project.Eje: Ingeniería de software y base de datosRed de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI

Collaborative problem solving in virtual communities of practice : A case study in disaster prevention and handling

The paper presents a case study illustrating a collaborative problem solving process in Virtual Communities of Practice. The process relies on the existence of an underlying shared knowledge base – a repository of resources, and is carried out collaboratively by members of the community in six defined steps. The case study presents a Virtual Community of Practice dedicated to Disaster Prevention and Handling and explains the process for solving a problem posted by a member. The process is applied step-by-step showing its applicability to solve a real case and how the process enables enriching the repository with the new knowledge generated. The main contribution of this work is to show how the problem-solving process can be systematically applied to real problems within communities of any domain.III Workshop de Ingeniería de Software y Bases de Datos (WISBD)Red de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI

Automated reasoning in a collaborative problem solving process : A first approach

Collaborative systems are becoming a widely used tool particularly among professional communities and research groups. They provide a suitable context for distributed people working on the same subject to concentrate their work in a shared place to which everyone has access and can keep updated. The Semantic Web, intended to provide well defined semantics and cooperation between machines and people offers a range of technologies that underpin the development of intelligent collaborative systems. Defeasible reasoning has been shown to appropriately model common-sense reasoning. This work presents a first approach to incorporating defeasible reasoning with a software agent that collaborates with humans in a collaborative problem solving process. The process relies in a shared knowledge repository which is also modeled to incorporate defeasible knowledgeWorkshop de Agentes y Sistemas Inteligentes (WASI)Red de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI

Developing a Repository of Knowledge for virtual communities with semantic web technologies

The appearance and continuous growth of virtual communities on the web imposes the challenge of coping with the large amount of information and knowledge these communities produce. The Semantic Web with its set of standards and technologies provides the basic means for implementing repositories of knowledge for virtual communities. However not every member of a virtual community knows these technologies and is ready to use them. We present an implementation of a repository of knowledge that follows the Resource Description Framework enabling a standard representation of knowledge in a community and providing the necessary functionality for members of the community to manage this repository introducing information and relating this information in a simple manner that also facilitates the interoperability with other repositories.IV Workshop de Ingeniería de Software y Base de DatosRed de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI

Procesos colaborativos en comunidades de práctica virtuales

Este documento resume el trabajo de investigación desarrollado en el área de Web Semántica y Resolución Colaborativa de Problemas en Comunidades de Práctica Virtuales. En el documento se introducen los conceptos relevantes del área -Comunidades de Práctica Virtuales, Resolución Colaborativa de Problemas, Web Semántica y Resource Description Framework-, se explica el trabajo realizado para desarrollar modelos que permitan proveer soporte computacional para el proceso de resolución colaborativa de problemas en comunidades de práctica virtuales y se presentan los resultados alcanzados hasta el momento. Finalmente, se describen los trabajos futuros.Eje: Ingeniería de Software y Base de DatosRed de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI

Procesos colaborativos en comunidades de práctica virtuales

Este documento resume el trabajo de investigación desarrollado en el área de Web Semántica y Resolución Colaborativa de Problemas en Comunidades de Práctica Virtuales. En el documento se introducen los conceptos relevantes del área -Comunidades de Práctica Virtuales, Resolución Colaborativa de Problemas, Web Semántica y Resource Description Framework-, se explica el trabajo realizado para desarrollar modelos que permitan proveer soporte computacional para el proceso de resolución colaborativa de problemas en comunidades de práctica virtuales y se presentan los resultados alcanzados hasta el momento. Finalmente, se describen los trabajos futuros.Eje: Ingeniería de Software y Base de DatosRed de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI

Collaborative problem solving in virtual communities of practice : A case study in disaster prevention and handling

The paper presents a case study illustrating a collaborative problem solving process in Virtual Communities of Practice. The process relies on the existence of an underlying shared knowledge base – a repository of resources, and is carried out collaboratively by members of the community in six defined steps. The case study presents a Virtual Community of Practice dedicated to Disaster Prevention and Handling and explains the process for solving a problem posted by a member. The process is applied step-by-step showing its applicability to solve a real case and how the process enables enriching the repository with the new knowledge generated. The main contribution of this work is to show how the problem-solving process can be systematically applied to real problems within communities of any domain.III Workshop de Ingeniería de Software y Bases de Datos (WISBD)Red de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI

Computing support for virtual communities of practice

This document describes a research and development project - Semantic Web and Cooperative Problem Solving for Online Communities of Practice. The aim of the project is to build a system supporting Cooperative Problem Solving within the framework of online Communities of Practice, applying the concepts of the Semantic Web. The document presents the background, objectives and partial results of the project.Eje: Ingeniería de software y base de datosRed de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI

Computing support for problem solving in virtual communities of practice

The paper presents a formal model for a knowledge repository shared by members of a Virtual Community of Practice (VCPs), describes how the repository can be used to underpin collaborative problem solving, and how to build computer support for such processes. The repository comprises the resources used and developed by VCPs particularly through problem solving. As a case study, the paper illustrates how the problem solving process and the underlying repository can be applied in disaster prevention and handling. The repository and the process are formally described using the RAISE Specification Language.Facultad de Informátic

Automated reasoning in a collaborative problem solving process : A first approach

Collaborative systems are becoming a widely used tool particularly among professional communities and research groups. They provide a suitable context for distributed people working on the same subject to concentrate their work in a shared place to which everyone has access and can keep updated. The Semantic Web, intended to provide well defined semantics and cooperation between machines and people offers a range of technologies that underpin the development of intelligent collaborative systems. Defeasible reasoning has been shown to appropriately model common-sense reasoning. This work presents a first approach to incorporating defeasible reasoning with a software agent that collaborates with humans in a collaborative problem solving process. The process relies in a shared knowledge repository which is also modeled to incorporate defeasible knowledgeWorkshop de Agentes y Sistemas Inteligentes (WASI)Red de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI